Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to
Douglas, Sir James 10 February 1853, LAC :, 114.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Newcastle writes to Douglas to approve of the appointment of Sangster to the “Office of Collector of Customs” for Vancouver Island. Newcastle then reports that he has forwarded to the Admiralty Douglas’s previous correspondence on the discovery of coal, and that he has informed the
HBC of the necessity to plan for the “Moral and religious instruction of the Inhabitants.”
No. 2
Downing Street,
10 February, 1853
Sir,
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch of the 10th
of November last, and to convey to you my approval of the appointment of
Mr Sangster to the Office of Collector of Customs for Van Couvers
Island.
I
I have communicated Extracts from your Despatch relating to the
discovery of Coal, to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and I
have called the attention of the Hudson's Bay Company to the necessity
of making effectual provision for the Moral and religious instruction of
the Inhabitants.