No. 41
Downing Street
16 November 1860
Sir,
I have received and have had under my consideration the Act No. 16 passed by the Legislature of Vancouver Island in the month of July last, and transmitted to me in your Despatch noted in the margin
No. 36 4 Augt/60.
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 26of October approving that Report.
I have etc.
Newcastle
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
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Order in Council, 26 July 1860, approving an Act to Provide for the Administration of Oaths in the House of Assembly, and the Production of Evidence before Committees of the Same.
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Sir James 16 November 1860, LAC :, 400. 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/V607041.html.

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