Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
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Murdoch and Rogers to Merivale, Herman 3 November 1859, CO 305:12, no. 10941, 145.
Abstract
Murdoch and Rogers to Merivale, Herman 3 November 1859, CO 305:12, no. 10941, 145.
Public Offices document.
Minutes (4), Other documents (1), Marginalia (1).
Murdoch and Rogers to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)
Emigration Office
3 November 1859
With reference to your letter of the 19th ultimo we have the honor
to inform you that, immediately upon its receipt, we issued to the
comptroller of the Stationery Office the necessary instructions for
printing 300 Copies of Mr Pemberton's report on the survey of the
Districts of Nanaimo and the Cowichan valley in Vancouvers Island.
2. We have received from the Stationery Office 100 Copies of these
these
reports, of which we enclose 50 for use in the Colonial Office;
the remaining 50 being retained
for gratuitous distribution through this office. Arrangements have
been made by the Comptroller of the Stationery Office for the sale of
the other 200 Copies.
these
reports, of which we enclose 50 for use in the Colonial Office;
Sent to CO 31 Oct.
3. In preparing these reports for the press we thought it advisable
to omit two or three passages from the report of Mr Wells in which
he suggests the reservation of certain Land for Crown purposes.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Elliot
Acke. & thank the Commrs for the trouble they have taken. Send a few of the reports to V.C.Isd (with the view of being reprinted there for general infn) accompanied by the Lithographed Maps when we receive them from the War Office.
Acke. & thank the Commrs for the trouble they have taken. Send a few of the reports to V.C.Isd (with the view of being reprinted there for general infn) accompanied by the Lithographed Maps when we receive them from the War Office.
ABd
4 Novr
TFE
4/11
Mr Elliot
I annex a copy of the Report but the Lithographs have not yet been received from the War office where they are being prepared.
I annex a copy of the Report but the Lithographs have not yet been received from the War office where they are being prepared.
HTI
5/11
I think that it will be enough to acknowledge the receipt, & to state
that the printed copy of these Reports appears well calculated to
fulfill the object for which it was ordered. (They render us
constantly so much [more?] important services, that it would hardly
be appropriate to thank them for this.)
Other documents included in the file
Draft, Elliot to Emigration Commissioners, 15 November 1859,
acknowledging receipt of the letter and printed reports.