Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
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Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton to
Elliot, Thomas Frederick 15 December 1862, CO 305:19, no. 12138, 446.
Abstract
Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton to
Elliot, Thomas Frederick 15 December 1862, CO 305:19, no. 12138, 446.
Public Offices document.
Minutes (3), Other documents (2).
Murdoch to Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary)
Emigration Office
15 December 1862
I have to acknowledge your letter of 11th inst with copies of the
correspondence which has recently passed with the Hudsons Bay Co on
the subject of the percentage paid to them on Sales of land in
VanCouvers Island.
2. As the Company acquiesce in the Duke of Newcastle's view, that no
percentage will be due to the Company for Sales effected after the
payment to them of the
amount agreed on for the repurchase of the
Island, it only remains to forward instructions in accordance with
that arrangement to Governor Douglas. I presume that His Grace will
agree with the Company that the percentage should be paid to them on
all sales effected before the payment of the repurchase money.
amount agreed on for the repurchase of the
Island, it only remains to forward instructions in accordance with
that arrangement to Governor Douglas. I presume that His Grace will
agree with the Company that the percentage should be paid to them on
all sales effected before the payment of the repurchase money.
Minutes by CO staff
Sir F. Rogers
It remains to place the Govr in possession of the substance of the correspondence with the H.B. Compy and to inform the Compy, as suggested in this letter, that the per centage will be paid on all Sales effected before the payt of the purchase money?
It remains to place the Govr in possession of the substance of the correspondence with the H.B. Compy and to inform the Compy, as suggested in this letter, that the per centage will be paid on all Sales effected before the payt of the purchase money?
Mr Fortescue
Yes.
Yes.
FR
16/12
So proceed—at once.
CF
19
Other documents included in the file
Elliot to H.H. Berens, Hudson's Bay Company, 29 December 1862,
agreeing that all land sold previous to payment of the repurchase
money would be subject to the ten percent profit claimed by the
company.
People in this document
Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester
Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton