Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Seymour, Governor Frederick to
Grenville, Richard 5 June 1868, CO 60:32, no. 7718, 470.
Abstract
Seymour, Governor Frederick to
Grenville, Richard 5 June 1868, CO 60:32, no. 7718, 470.
Despatch to London.
Minutes (1), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1).
[Private]
Victoria
5 June 1868
My Lord Duke,
In obedience to the wish expressed in Your Grace's letters of
the 30 Nov, I have the honor to forward a paper shewing the
steps which have been taken in this colony towards establishing
an overland communication with Canada.
an overland communication with Canada.
I am happy to say that everything is quiet & orderly in this
Colony at present, & that the prospects both for the miners &
farmers are more favourable than they have been for several
years.
years.
Minutes by CO staff
It is to be hoped that the favorable prospects of Miners &
Farmers may be realized.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Printed copy of minute, J.W. Trutch, Chief Comissioner of Lands
and Works, 19 February 1868, commenting on the overland coach road,
"comparing the merits of the various passes through the Rocky
Mountains, and showing the extent of this road already built in
British Columbia, and what remains to be done to complete it
beyond the eastern boundary of the Colony to the head of
steamboat navigation on the Saskatchewan."