Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to
Douglas, Sir James 3 February 1860, LAC :, 198.
Abstract
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to
Douglas, Sir James 3 February 1860, LAC :, 198.
Despatch from London.
Enclosures (untranscribed) (4).
No. 6
Downing Street
3 February 1860
Sir,
With reference to my Despatch No. 17, of the 21st of October, and
to previous correspondence respecting the Lighthouses to be erected at
Vancouver's Island, I transmit for your information the copy of a letter
from the Board
Board of Trade relative to the apparatus and Stores for the
Lighthouses, and reporting the engagement of two Persons as Lightkeepers.
Board of Trade relative to the apparatus and Stores for the
Lighthouses, and reporting the engagement of two Persons as Lightkeepers.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
T.H. Farrer, Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Marine
Department, to George Davies, 24 December 1859, regarding terms of
his appointment as lightkeeper
Bill of lading for lighthouse hardware and supplies, 16 January
1860, signed by Robert B. Miller.
Contract ticket, 19 January 1860, for George Davies, wife, three
children, and William Roberts on the Grecian.