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No. 78
Downing Street
16 June 1859
Sir,
With reference to my despatch of the 11th of May on the subject of the erection of Light Houses in Fucas Straits and the approaches to Esquimalt Harbour I transmit to you herewith for your information and guidance the Copy of a letter from the Board of Trade on the subject.
I have etc.
Herman Merivale
In the absence of Sir E.B. Lytton
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

Douglas, Sir James

Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer

Merivale, Herman

Places in this document

Esquimalt Harbour

Juan de Fuca Strait

Merivale, Herman to Douglas, Sir James 16 June 1859, CO 410:1, 206. 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/V597078.html.

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