Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Trevor, C. Cecil to
Monsell, William 9 January 1869, CO 60:37, no. 307, 366.
Abstract
Trevor, C. Cecil to
Monsell, William 9 January 1869, CO 60:37, no. 307, 366.
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (2), Other documents (1).
Trevor to Under-Secretary of State
Board of Trade,
(Harbour Department),
Whitehall, S.W.,
January 9, 1869
(Harbour Department),
Whitehall, S.W.,
Sir,
With reference to a letter of the 13th July 1868 addressed to
this Office by the Colonial Secretary at Vancouvers Island, copy
of which is enclosed stating that he had returned two fountain
Lamps for Fisguard
Lighthouse and requesting that two Moderator Lamps might be sent
out in lieu thereof I am directed by the Board of Trade to
acquaint you for the information of Earl Granville that a case
containing two moderator lamps has been delivered to the Crown
Agents for transmission to the Colony, and to request that the
same may be intimated to the Governor of Vancouvers Island.
I am at the same time to transmit a copy of a letter from
Messrs Wilkins & Co upon the subject of fountain Lamps havingbeen
been sent out for Fisguard Lighthouse instead of Moderator Lamps.
been sent out for Fisguard Lighthouse instead of Moderator Lamps.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
W.A.G. Young, Colonial Secretary, to Secretary, Board of Trade,
13 July 1868, requesting substitution of moderator lamps for two
fountain lamps being returned.
M. Wilkins and Co. to Assistant Secretary, Harbour Department,
Board of Trade, 16 September 1868, explaining why fountain lamps
had been sent instead of moderator lamps.
