I transmit to you for your information and with reference to your
despatches No. 66 of the 13th April, and No. 98 of the 8th August copies
of a correspondence between this Department and the Admiralty relative
to the question of grantingcatcassistancehword assistance to the Vancouvers Island Dock
Company for the work which they propose to undertake.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble Servant Buckingham & Chandos
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Copy, Elliot to the Secretary to the Admiralty, 26 September 1868, transmitting a correspondence realting to "the question whether assistance should
be given to the Vancouver Island Dock Company for the work they propose to undertake."
Copy, Houghton to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, 21 October 1868, stating that "should the construction of the Dock be decided upon," provisions will
be extended of the Colonial Docks Loan Act.