No. 44
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your Circular Despatch, of the
9th of August last, directing to be inserted in the Annual Blue Book, such a General Report of the state
of Repair &c, of the Government
House, of this Colony, the state of the Furniture, and the arrangements
under which it is provided, if provided from public funds, as will
supply the Secretary of State, with full information on the subject.
I beg in reference to that subject
to to state to you, that no blank
copies of the Blue Book, have ever been transmitted to this Colony, from
the Colonial office. I am therefore entirely unacquainted with the
forms under which such information is usually transmitted. I will
however forward the information requested in your Despatch, as soon as
it can be prepared.
I have the honor to be Sir
Your most obedient humble Servant
James Douglas
Governor
The Right
Honble Sir George Grey Bart.
Her Majesty's principal Secretary of State
For the Colonial Department.
Minutes by CO staff
Put by.
Blank copies of the Blue Book should be transmitted in
accordance with this request.