Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Hill, Frederic
to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 1 January 1868, CO 60:34, no. 54, 212.
Abstract
Hill, Frederic
to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 1 January 1868, CO 60:34, no. 54, 212.
Public Offices document.
Minutes (7), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).
Hill to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)
General Post Office
1 January 1868
Sir,
Having laid before the Postmaster General your letter of the
20th ultimo, I am directed by His Grace to transmit to you, for
the information of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, a copy of
the reply which was received from the Postmaster General of the
United States to the letter written fromthis
this Office on the
18th of June last enquiring whether arrangements could be made
for conveying mails to and from British Columbia by means of the
United States mail steamers which sail from San Francisco.
this Office on the
18th of June last enquiring whether arrangements could be made
for conveying mails to and from British Columbia by means of the
United States mail steamers which sail from San Francisco.
From this reply it will be seen that the only steamship service
in operation north of San Francisco is that to Portland, Oregon.
It is stated that a small vessel runs regularly betweenPortland
Portland
and Vancouvers Island, but of this the Governor of British
Columbia must be well aware.
Portland
and Vancouvers Island, but of this the Governor of British
Columbia must be well aware.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Elliot
This does not advance us at all. But Postal communication will be considered with the General Financial question.
This does not advance us at all. But Postal communication will be considered with the General Financial question.
CC
2/1
I must say that I think the P.O. might as well have given us
this infn 4 months ago.
The statement contained in this letter of Mr Blackfan
is directly at variance with that contained in Gov Seymour's dph
No 135—par. 4, and I think it shd be sent out at once to Mr
S. with the observation, that it appeared from this letter that,
unless the arrangements explained in it had been altered,
arrangements mt readily be made for a regular
communication with England.
At the same time the course of
communication is far from satisfactory for important Govt dphes.
FR
6/1
The distance by sea is about 200 miles—but the Steamer that
used to run has stopped. The present communication from Portland
is by Steamer up the Columbia & Cowlitz Rivers to Monticello—thence 90 miles by Land to Olympia from whence there is a weekly Steamer to Victoria.
The latter route takes about 3 days but nothing I am informed
can be worse tha[n] the 90 miles of road.
CC
21/1
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Joseph H. Blackfan, Chief Clerk to U.S. Postmaster General, to
Postmaster General, London, 26 July 1867, discussing postal routes
and charges on mail destined for British Columbia and
Vancouver Island.
Other documents included in the file
Draft reply, Buckingham to Seymour, no number, no date.
Minutes by CO staff
Delay this until general question of mail communication B.
Columbia & Northwest has been dealt with.
B&C
26/1
People in this document
Blackfan, Chief Clerk to U.S. Postmaster General Joseph H.