<persName ref="prs:lewis"><surname>Lewis</surname>, <forename>George</forename> <forename>C.</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:douglas_j"><surname>Douglas</surname>, <forename>James</forename></persName> 19 July 1860, LAC RG7:G8C/9, 282. Lewis addressee Douglas

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Lewis, George C. to Douglas, James 19 July 1860, LAC RG7:G8C/9, 282.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/B607042.html. LAC RG7:G8C/9 LAC RG7 G8C/9 282 42 B.C. 1860 rg7_g8c_09_00180r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Despatch from London.

Lewis, George C.
Downing Street,
Douglas, James Inserted revisionDesc with @status="unproofed".
No. 42 LAC, RG7, G8C/9, p. 282 (CO 398/1, p. 420)
Downing Street,
19 July 1860 Sir,

I have received and have perused with much interest your despatch of the 23rd May reporting the result of your observations during a late visit to British Columbia.

There is no subject of greater importance to a new Colony than the establishment of well considered regulations for the disposal of the public lands. I trust therefore that with the aid of your personal examination of the Country, and of the extensive correspondence in which you have been engaged with Her Majesty's Government you will soon be enabled to communicate to me those full and matured views on this subject which your despatch encourages me to expect.

The sketch you have sent of the Municipal Institutions proposed for New Westminster seem very promising and I am glad to infer that the Town is ready to accept them which is not always the casecase in a young Colony.

I have the honor to be Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant G.C. Lewis