Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Grey, Third Earl, Henry George to
Blanshard, Governor Richard
3 April 1851, LAC :, 19.
I have received and laid before the Queen your two Despatches of
the 18th November last requesting to be relieved in the Government of VanCouver's Island, and I am to inform you that Her Majesty has been pleased to accept your resignation
of the Office of Governor of that Settlement.
I am unable to state whether the means at thedisposal
disposal of the
Admiral Commanding in the Pacific will admit of his ordering you a
passage to Panama, but I have communicated your wishes on the subject to
the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and have requested their
Lordships to make them known to the Admiral.
disposal of the
Admiral Commanding in the Pacific will admit of his ordering you a
passage to Panama, but I have communicated your wishes on the subject to
the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and have requested their
Lordships to make them known to the Admiral.Governor Blanshard
&c &c &c
&c &c &c
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