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<profileDesc><abstract><p>Correspondence (private letter). 
                Minutes (2).</p>

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<persName ref="prs:townsend">Townsend</persName> returns <persName ref="prs:fortescue">Fortescue</persName>'s copy of the <q>proclamation which regulates the disposal of Crown-land in <placeName ref="plc:british_columbia">British Columbia</placeName>.</q>
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34 Hunter Street
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Brunswick Square
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<persName ref="prs:townsend">Townsend</persName> to <persName ref="prs:fortescue">Fortescue</persName> (Parliamentary Under-Secretary)
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<opener><ref type="co_ref">2283, CO 60/14, p. 498; received 5 March
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34 Hunter Street
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Brunswick Square
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<date when="1862-03-03">March 3/62</date>
<salute>Sir,</salute>
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I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the
<date when="1862-02-28">28<hi style="vertical-align: super; font-size: 80%;">th</hi> ult</date> replying to my letter of the <date when="1862-02-24">24<hi style="vertical-align: super; font-size: 80%;">th</hi> ult</date>, and
forwarding for my information, by permission of the <persName ref="prs:newcastle">Duke of
Newcastle</persName>, a Proclamation which<pb facs="co_60_14/co_60_14_00503v.jpg"/> regulates the disposal of
Crown-land in <placeName ref="plc:british_columbia">British Columbia</placeName>.
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Having made an abstract of this Proclamation, I herewith
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afforded me.
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I have the honour to be Sir
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Your obed<hi style="vertical-align: super; font-size: 80%;">t</hi> Servant
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<persName ref="prs:townsend">H.R. Townsend</persName>
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Under Secretary of State
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for the Colonies</name></closer>

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Put by.
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5/3
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Put by.
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5/3
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