No. 58, Financial
6th August 1866
Sir,
I have the honor to transmit for your information the documents named in the margin
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Message of Governor Kennedy to the Legislative Assembly, 17th May 1864.
Message of Governor Kennedy to the Legislative Assembly, 29th June 1865.
Message of Governor Kennedy to the Legislative Assembly, 23rd July 1866.
Resolution of Legislative Assembly, 3rd August 1866.
relative to the Improvement of Victoria Harbour and the cost thereof.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant
A.E. Kennedy
Governor
Minutes by CO staff
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Mr Elliot
This is the "job" on which the late Surveyor Genl Mr Pemberton was sent to England. The expenditure seems to have been sadly thrown away at present. Perhaps "Union" may extricate the Colony from this embarrassment by utilizing the work. We can only acknowledge receipt. Mr Seymour's attention will necessarily be directed to the subject.
ABd 18 Sepr
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Acke.
TFE 18/9
CBA 19/9
C 21 Sep/66
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
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Kennedy to Legislative Assembly, 17 May 1864, describing the current state of the harbour improvements and advising that the vote of the assembly was already overdrawn.
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Kennedy to Legislative Assembly, 29 June 1865, reporting that the equipment obtained by the colony to dredge the harbour had proved unsuitable to the task, and recommending that the steam tug be sold.
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Kennedy to Legislative Assembly, 23 July 1866, detailing the financial liability incurred as a result of the harbour project, a considerable sum being required to complete the work, and asking for the opinion of the house on the subject.
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Resolution of the Legislative Assembly, confirmed 3 August 1866, declining to sell the steam tug and dredger as they may prove useful at a future date.
Other documents included in the file
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Draft reply, Carnarvon to Kennedy, No. 13, 29 September 1866.
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 6 August 1866, CO 305:29, no. 8965, 63. 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/V66058.html.

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