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Despatch from London
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Sir James 7 January 1859, CO 410:1, 188.

Abstract
Despatch from London.
Lytton informs Douglas of the appointment of Begbie as Judge of the Court of Vice Admiralty, in addition to his existing appointment. Lytton requests payment of "seven pounds eight shillings and four pence" as fees to be paid by Begbie to the High Court of the Admiralty.
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No. 4
Downing Street
7 January 1859
Sir,
I transmit to you herewith the copy of a letter which I have received from the Board of Trade submitting for my opinion a representation made by the English Merchants in the Sandwich Islands of the importance to the interests of British Commerce of declaring Victoria in Vancouvers Island a free port.
I shall be glad if you will give the subject your consideration and favor Manuscript imageme with your opinion as to the feasibility and expediency of carrying out this suggestion.
I have sir the honour to be
Your obedient servant
E.B. Lytton

Governor Douglas
&c, &c, &c
Vancouver's Island
Footnotes
  1. The original form of this correspondence can be viewed here. Please note that the original was marked initially as part of the Vancouver Island collection, and changed thereafter, presumably after receipt, to the British Columbia collection.
People in this document

Begbie, Matthew Baillie

Douglas, Sir James

Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer

Places in this document

Vancouver Island

Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Sir James 7 January 1859, CO 410:1, 188. 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/V597004.html.

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