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Despatch from London
Labouchere, Henry to Douglas, Sir James 6 May 1857, LAC :, 518.

Abstract
Despatch from London. Enclosures (untranscribed) (3).
Labouchere acknowledges the receipt of Douglas’s despatch “explaining more fully the grounds on which [Douglas] considered it necessary to send an armed force against the Cowegin Indians” which he “perused with satisfaction.”
Enclosed is a despatch from Blackwood to Douglas Acts of Parliament “and other works (As per list) of a character likely to be useful to you,” are being forwarded via the Hudson’s Bay Company; the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854; and a list of various acts.
No. 10
Downing Street,
6th May 1857
Sir,
I have received and perused with satisfaction your Despatch No 4 of the 24th of February explaining more fully the grounds on which you considered it necessary to send an armed force against the Cowegin Indians.
I have the honor to be Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant
H. Labouchere

Governor Douglas
&c &c &c
Vancouvers Island
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
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1. Blackwood to Douglas, 16 June 1857, stating Acts of Parliament "and other works (as per list) of a character likely to be useful to you," are being forwarded via the Hudson's Bay Company.
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1.1 Merchant Shipping Act, 1854.
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1.2 List of various acts.
Labouchere, Henry to Douglas, Sir James 6 May 1857, LAC :, 518. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/V577010.html.

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