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Douglas, James to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 31 December 1861, CO 60:11, no. 2618, 231.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/B61081.html. CO 60:11 CO 60 11 2618 231 81 B.C. 1861 received 17 March 1862 co_60_11_00213r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Despatch to London. Minutes (3), Other documents (1).

Douglas forwards Newcastle the the Annual Blue Book for the Colony of British Columbia for the year 1860, prepared in as complete a form as the present state of the Colony will admit.

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No. 81 2618, CO 60/11, p. 231; received 17 March 1862 31 December 1861

I have the honor to forward herewith to Your Grace the Annual Blue Book for the Colony of British Columbia for the year 1860, prepared in as complete a form as the present state of the Colony will admit.

2. I regret that the transmission of this Book shouldhave have been delayed so long after the period prescribed, but I trust that the circumstance of this Book being the first compiled, and the difficulty of obtaining the requisite information from the different Officers, who for the most part had no previous acquaintance with the nature of the Return, may be admitted both to excuse the delay and to account for any imperfections which may be found to exist.

3. I believe it would besuperfluous superfluous for me upon this occasion to enter into any detailed account of the progress, settlement, or comparative condition of the Colony, for I have heretofore from time to time in my various dispatches kept Her Majesty's Government fully informed upon all those matters, and those despatches have already been laid before both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty.

I have the honor to be My Lord Duke, Your Graces most obedient humble Servant James Douglas
Sir F. Rogers Acknowledge? This is the first Blue Book we have received from B. Columbia. VJ 17 M
Yes. FR
Mr Joseph FR 17/3
Draft reply, Newcastle to Douglas, No. 113, 19 March 1862, acknowledging receipt of Douglas's despatch and Blue Book.