Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Leveson-Gower, Granville George to Seymour, Governor Frederick 15 February 1869, NAC :, 52.
Abstract
Leveson-Gower, Granville George to Seymour, Governor Frederick 15 February 1869, NAC :, 52.
Despatch from London.
No. 13
15 February 1869
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No.
138 of the 21st December, respecting the new postal arrangements with
the Colony and suggesting the compulsory prepayment of letters.
In reply I have to refer you to my Predecessor's Despatch No. 100
of the 25th November,enclosing
enclosing a copy of a letter from the Post Office
explaining the reason why it would not be expedient to make the
prepayment of postage compulsory on letters passing between England and
the Colony.
enclosing a copy of a letter from the Post Office
explaining the reason why it would not be expedient to make the
prepayment of postage compulsory on letters passing between England and
the Colony.