<persName ref="prs:macfie_m"><surname>Macfie</surname>, <forename>Matthew</forename></persName> to <orgName ref="org:colonial_office">Colonial Office</orgName> 3 June 1859, CO 60:6, no. 5775, 597. Macfie addressee Colonial Office

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Macfie, Matthew to Colonial Office 3 June 1859, CO 60:6, no. 5775, 597.The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.6, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/B596M01.html. CO 60:06 CO 60 6 5775 597 B.C. 1859 registered 6 June co_60_06_00599r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Correspondence (private letter). Minutes (2), Other documents (1).

Macfie requests to know the number of English and Scotch Emigrants (1) in Vancouver's island and (2) in British Columbia.

 Macfie, Matthew
Alton St Blackburn
Colonial Office Inserted revisionDesc.Added abstract.
Macfie to Colonial Office 5775, CO 60/6, p. 597; registered 6 June
Alton St Blackburn
3d June/59 Sir

May I beg that you will favour me with an idea of the proportion of English and Scotch Emigrants (1) in Vancouver's island and (2) in British Columbia, according to the most recent accounts? It will be sufficient for my purpose to have a rough guess. I may say that I am urgently in want of the information, and should feel obliged by a reply at your Earliest Convenience.

Hoping it may be in your power to meet my wishes,

I have the honour to be Sir, Your obt Servt Matthew Macfie P.S. Address Rev. Mattw Macfie
Ansr that this Office is unable to furnish the desired information. ABd 6/6
Annex dt. HM June 6
Draft, Elliot to Macfie, 14 June 1859, advising that the information requested could not be provided by the Colonial Office.