Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Murdoch and Wood to Merivale, Herman 13 May 1856, CO 305:7, no. 4240, 189.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (3).
Murdoch and Wood write to Merivale acknowledging the receipt of a copy of Douglas’s proposal to sell a portion of the Governor’s Reserve. They regret that their office
has “no information on the subject of the Governor's Reserve at Van Couver's Island” but “have no doubt” that “such reserves” are “objectionable” and that “the application
of the Governor and of the Hudson's Bay Company in this matter may properly be complied
with.”
Minutes request Merivale send a letter to the HBC approving the selling of the Governor’s Reserve.
Murdoch and Wood to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)
Emigration Office
13th May 1856
Sir
We have to acknowledge your letter of 10th instant enclosing a
letter from the Governor of the Hudsons Bay Company, accompanied by a
communication from Mr Douglas the Governor of Van Couvers Island
proposing to sell a tract of Land in that Island known as the Governor's
Reserve.
2. Mr Douglas expresses his opinion that the sale of the
the
Governors Reserve would be advantageous to the Island, as at present it
remains unproductive and a hindrance to settlement, and without a large
expenditure must continue so. He proposes, therefore, to take advantage
of an offer made to him by Mr Pemberton, a gentleman who has recently
arrived in the Island, for the purchase of a portion of the Reserve.
the
Governors Reserve would be advantageous to the Island, as at present it
remains unproductive and a hindrance to settlement, and without a large
expenditure must continue so. He proposes, therefore, to take advantage
of an offer made to him by Mr Pemberton, a gentleman who has recently
arrived in the Island, for the purchase of a portion of the Reserve.
3. The documents in this Office afford no information on the
subject of the Governor's Reserve at Van Couver's Island. As a general
rule, however, we
we have no doubt that such Reserves, if of any extent,
are objectionable. We think, therefore, that the application of the
Governor and of the Hudson's Bay Company in this matter may properly be
complied with.
we have no doubt that such Reserves, if of any extent,
are objectionable. We think, therefore, that the application of the
Governor and of the Hudson's Bay Company in this matter may properly be
complied with.
Herman Merivale Esq.
&c &c &c
&c &c &c
Minutes by CO staff
mr Merivale
Write a letter accordingly to the Governor of the H.B. Coy approving of his suggestion to dispose of land known as the Governor's reserve by sale?
Write a letter accordingly to the Governor of the H.B. Coy approving of his suggestion to dispose of land known as the Governor's reserve by sale?
TFE
14 May
Annex dt.
HM
May 15