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Despatch from London
Cardwell, Edward to Kennedy, Arthur 1 June 1864, NAC :, 141.

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Cardwell, Edward to Kennedy, Arthur 1 June 1864, NAC :, 141.
Despatch from London. Enclosures (untranscribed) (1).
No. 8
1st June 1864
Sir,
It has been brought to my notice that a Bill is now passing through the House of Assembly of Vancouver Island by which certain exclusive rights are granted to an American Telegraph Company who are about to construct a line from San Francisco.
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I enclose for your information a copy of a Parliamentary Paper from which you will learn that the policy of the Imperial Government is directly opposed to the grant of any monoply of Telegraphic communication, and I have therefore to instruct you to withhold your assent from any BillgrantingManuscript image granting such a monoply unless it contains a clause suspending it's operation until Her Majesty's Pleasure be made known.
I am of opinion that it is most improbable that such law would receive Her Majesty's approval, or, if passed without a suspending clause, beallowedManuscript image allowed to remain in operation.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your obedient servant
Edward Cardwell
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
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Copies or extracts of correspondence between the Secretary of State and North American colonies on the subject of telegraphic communication, 18 June 1858, (38 pages).
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Cardwell, Edward

Kennedy, Arthur

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San Francisco

Vancouver Island

Cardwell, Edward to Kennedy, Arthur 1 June 1864, NAC :, 141. 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/V647208.html.

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