<persName ref="prs:seymour_f"><surname>Seymour</surname>, <forename>Frederick</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:grenville_r"><surname>Grenville</surname>, <forename>Richard</forename></persName> 6 August 1868, CO 60:33, no. 9934, 214. Seymour addressee Buckingham

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Seymour, Frederick to Grenville, Richard 6 August 1868, CO 60:33, no. 9934, 214.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/B68093.html. CO 60:33 CO 60 33 9934 214 93 B.C. 1868 received 9 September co_60_33_00214r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Despatch to London. Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (2).

Seymour encloses accounts…by the Acting Colonial Secretary and the Registrar General of Titles under the Homestead Ordinance describing the the operation of the Homestead Ordinance in British Columbia. Holland minutes that the report on the operation of the Homestead Ordinance is satisfactory.

Seymour, Frederick
Victoria
Grenville, Richard Added abstract. Inserted revisionDesc.
No. 93 9934, CO 60/33, p. 214; received 9 September
Victoria
6th August 1868 My Lord Duke,

In Your Grace's despatch No. 82 of 14th November 1867, I am directed carefully to watch the operation of the HomesteadOrdinance Ordinance with a view to its amendment should it act as a protection to fraud.

2. I have now the honor to enclose accounts of the working of the Ordinance, furnished me by the Acting Colonial Secretary and the Registrar General of Titles under the Homestead Ordinance. Both these Officers bear testimony favorable to the ordinance. I entirely agree with them.

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3. I do not know that the Homestead Act has brought many people into the Colony, but I am certain that it has had the effect of retaining some.

I have the honor to be, My Lord Duke, Your Grace's most obedient humble Servant Frederick Seymour
Mr Holland CC 10 Sept
Mr Elliot This report upon the operation of the Homestead Ordinance is satisfactory.

Put by.

HTH 11/9 TFE 11/9 CBA 12/9 B&C 14/9
Minute, W.A.G. Young, Acting Colonial Secretary, 5 August 1868, reporting favourably on the Homestead Ordinance.
Minute, E. Graham Alston, Registrar General of Titles, 4 August 1868, noting the advantages of the ordinance and the favourable response since passage.