Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Douglas, Sir James to
Grey, Right Honorable, Second Baronet, Sir George
29 January 1855, CO 305:6, no. 3931, 2.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (2).
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 subjectto
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.
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.
The Right Honble Sir George Grey Bart.
Her Majesty's principal Secretary of State
For the Colonial Department.
Her Majesty's principal Secretary of State
For the Colonial Department.