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Despatch from London.

Newcastle writes to Douglas to approve of the appointment of Sangster to the Office of Collector of Customs for Vancouver Island. Newcastle then reports that he has forwarded to the Admiralty Douglas’s previous correspondence on the discovery of coal, and that he has informed the HBC of the necessity to plan for the Moral and religious instruction of the Inhabitants.

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No. 2 LAC, RG7, G8C/1, p. 114; received 16 April 1954
Downing Street,
10 February, 1853 Sir,

I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch of the 10th of November last, and to convey to you my approval of the appointment of Mr Sangster to the Office of Collector of Customs for Van Couvers Island.

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I have communicated Extracts from your Despatch relating to the discovery of Coal, to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and I have called the attention of the Hudson's Bay Company to the necessity of making effectual provision for the Moral and religious instruction of the Inhabitants.

I have the honor to be Sir, Your most Obedient Humble Servant Newcastle Governor Douglas &c &c &c Van Couvers Island