<persName ref="prs:pelly_jh"><surname>Pelly</surname>, <forename>John</forename> <forename>Henry</forename> </persName> to <persName ref="prs:grey_g"><surname>Grey</surname>, <forename>George</forename></persName> 4 October 1850, CO 305:2, no. 8250, 327. Pelly addressee Grey

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Pelly, John Henry to Grey, George 4 October 1850, CO 305:2, no. 8250, 327.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/V505HB03.html. CO 305:02 CO 305 2 8250 327 V.I. 1850 received 7 October co_305_02_00168r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Public Offices document. Minutes (1).

Pelly writes to Grey to confirm receipt of, and to respond to, one of Blanshard's letters on the progress of settlement on Vancouver Island. Pelly argues that the current impediments to colonization, such as the draw of California, and more, will, eventually, make the Island a desirable destination. Pelly then observes that Blanshard is mistaken as to the fiscal structure of the Puget Sound Agricultural Company; lastly, he asserts that everything possible has been done with respect to coal-extraction on the Island.

In the minutes, Blackwood suggests that the real relationship between the HBC and the Puget Sound Agricultural Company be explained, presumably, to the Governor.

 Pelly, John Henry
Hudsons Bay House London
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8250, CO 305/2, p. 327; received 7 October 8250. Vancouver's Island
Hudsons Bay House London
Octr 4th 1850 My Lord,

I have had the honour of receiving Mr Under Secretary Hawes's letter of the 21st Instant transmitting a Copy of a Despatch from the Governor of Vancouvers Island reporting on the progress and present state of that Settlement.

That the efforts of the Hudsons Bay Company towards the colonization of the Island have not been attended with the success which some at first expected is to the Company a subject of much regret; allowance however ought to be made for the adverse circumstances with which they have had to contend. I I allude more particularly to the ﹏﹏﹏ irresistible attraction which Calefornia at present possesses for emigrants. That the vast crowds however, who are flocking to that quarter will eventually be highly beneficial to Vancouvers Island in creating a demand for its productions and consequently making it a desirable field for Emigration, I cannot for a moment doubt.

The Governor, I perceive, has fallen into a mistake with regard to the Puget Sound Agricultural Company. That Company, though its shares are held by persons more or less connected with the Hudsons Bay Company, is a distinct and seperate Association, having a Capital of its own, and its possessory rights are recognized by the Treaty of 1846 between Great Britain and the United States.

With respect to the Coal, ﹏﹏﹏Everything has been done that could be done. Experienced Miners have been sent out and are now employed in the operations necessary for reaching a workable seam of Coal, the surface coal having been exhausted; and by the latest accounts they were sanguine as to the result of their labours. The Company are now sending out a Steam Engine for the Mine.

I have the honour to be My Lord, Your Lordships most obedient humble Servant J H Pelly The Rt Honble The Earl Grey
Mr Merivale. In acknowledging the Governor's despatch it will be as well perhaps to explain to him the real position of the Puget Sound Agricultural Company as regards the Hudson's Bay Company. ABd 7/10. HM O 7 O 8 BH G. 10/