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 17 October 1853, LAC :, 146.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Newcastle writes to Douglas to call to Douglas’s attention the regulations for “Official Correspondence,” found in the “Book of
Colonial Regulations,” and points to specific rules that Douglas has, in previous despatches, apparently overlooked. Newcastle notes his inclusion of a copy of the “Book of Colonial Regulations,” which does not
appear in the file.
No. 11
Downing Street
October 17th 1853
Sir,
I have to call your attention to the sixth Chapter of the Book of
Colonial Regulations (a copy of which is herewith enclosed) which
prescribes the mode in which Officers Administering Colonial Governments
are to conducttheir
their Official Correspondence.
their Official Correspondence.
In your recent Despatches I observe that some of the rules laid
down in this Chapter have been overlooked. I refer more particularly to
those numbered 4, 5 and 9.