Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 11 May 1854, CO 305:5, no. 6348, 64.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (1).
Douglas writes to Newcastle to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of a letter from the Board of Trade, which reports
on the government's decision to allow produce from the "East Indian States of Cochin and Travancore" admittance into UK ports and "British Colonies."
No. 17
I have to acknowledge the receipt on the 16th April last of a
printed circular from your Grace, dated 3rd May 1853, transmitting
for my information and guidance the copy of a letter from the Board of
Trade, together with its enclosures, by which I perceive that Her
Majesty's Government have decided that the produce of the East Indian
States of Cochin and Travancore, should be admitted into the Ports of
the United Kingdom, and of the British Colonies, as the produce of
British Possessions. I haveto
to assure your Grace that the decision of
Her Majesty's Government, in that case, shall be made public in this
Colony.
to assure your Grace that the decision of
Her Majesty's Government, in that case, shall be made public in this
Colony.
His Grace The Right Honble The Duke of Newcastle
Her Majesty's principal Secretary of State
For the Colonial Department
Her Majesty's principal Secretary of State
For the Colonial Department