<name>[Sender not known.]</name> to <persName ref="prs:grey_g"><surname>Grey</surname>, <forename>George</forename></persName> 10 July 1849, CO 305:2, 261. Jervis and Romilly addressee Grey

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[Sender not known.] to Grey, George 10 July 1849, CO 305:2, 261.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/V495LW01.html. CO 305:02CO 305 2 261 no received stamp 1849 co_305_02_00135r.jpg V.I. Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Public Offices document. Minutes (1).

Jervis and Romilly report to Grey that upon considering the details of Blanshard's appointment as Governor of Vancouver Island, they can, in their opinion, find no legal objection to his governorship.

In the lone minute entry, Merivale cites previous Crown Acts that offer possible opinions on the establishment of Vancouver Island Courts.

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July 10th 1849 My Lord,

We were honored with your Lordships command contained in Mr Hawe's letter of the 30th Ultimo in which he stated that he was directed by your Lordship to transmit to us drafts of a Commission and Instructions which it is proposed to issue to Richard Blanshard Esquire whom The Queen has been pleased to appoint to be Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the Island of of Vancouver and its Dependencies; and he was to request that we would take these Instructions into our consideration and report to your Lordship whether we saw any objection to them in point of law.

In obedience to your Lordship's command we have taken the Instructions into our consideration and have the honor to report that in our opinion the same are free from objection

We have etc Signed] John Jervis John Romilly This addressee information appears at the foot of the first page of the despatch. The Right HonbleHonourable The Earl Grey &c &c &c
This entry appears in the left margin of the first page of the despatch—the ink is both faded and smudged; see image scan. Mr Blackwood Was there not some opinion on which the Act 12 & 13 Vict c. 48 (in the year 1849) enabling the Crown to constitute Courts of justice in Vanc. I. was printed? HM