No. 12
Downing Street
28 September 1859
Sir,
I have received and have had under my consideration an Act passed by the Legislature of Vancouver's Island in the month of April last, and transmitted to me in your Despatch noted in the margin.
No 15-3 May/59.
I have reported to Her Majesty in Council my opinion that the said Act should be left to its operation; and I have the honor to transmit to you herewith an Order of Her Majesty in Council, dated the 23rd September approving that report.
I have etc.
Newcastle
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
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Order in Council, 23 September 1859, approving An Act to Provide for the Passage of an Act for the Preservation of Game.
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Sir James 28 September 1859, LAC :, 96. 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/V597112.html.

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