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 6 April 1860, LAC :, 259.
Abstract
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to
Douglas, Sir James 6 April 1860, LAC :, 259.
Despatch from London.
No. 18
Downing Street
6 April 1860
Sir,
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 6 of the
26th of January communicating a proposal of Mr Edward Stamp to
establish a sawmill and other works in Vancouver Island, and reporting
the concessions which you have promised to Mr Stamp in consequence.
I have to convey to you
you my approval of the agreement into which
you have entered with Mr Stamp. The transaction cannot of course be
completed till after the retransfer of Vancouver to the Crown,
but in the meantime the Company will no doubt commence their operations
and enter upon their land on the faith of the promise you have given
that they shall be at liberty to acquire, at the upset price of the day
for agricultural lands not exceeding under any circumstances £1 an acre,
the
the land on which their establishments are to be placed, and, in
certain specified conditions, additional timbered land not exceeding in
the whole 15,000 acres.
you my approval of the agreement into which
you have entered with Mr Stamp. The transaction cannot of course be
completed till after the retransfer of Vancouver to the Crown,
but in the meantime the Company will no doubt commence their operations
and enter upon their land on the faith of the promise you have given
that they shall be at liberty to acquire, at the upset price of the day
for agricultural lands not exceeding under any circumstances £1 an acre,
the
the land on which their establishments are to be placed, and, in
certain specified conditions, additional timbered land not exceeding in
the whole 15,000 acres.
It would be desirable to determine clearly as soon as possible the
conditions under which the right of selecting 15,000 acres of forest
is to be exercised by the Company. The selection should be made in
blocks of not less than a certain length
length and breadth, and within a
certain time.
length and breadth, and within a
certain time.