<persName ref="prs:douglas_j"><surname>Douglas</surname>, <forename>James</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:newcastle"><surname>Pelham-Clinton</surname>, <forename>Henry</forename> <forename>Pelham</forename> <forename>Fiennes</forename></persName> 16 May 1854, CO 305:5, no. 6357, 79. Douglas addressee Newcastle

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Douglas, James to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 16 May 1854, CO 305:5, no. 6357, 79.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/V54026.html. CO 305:05 CO 305 5 6357 79 26 V.I. 1854 received 25 July co_305_05_00081r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Despatch to London. Minutes (1), Marginalia (1).

Douglas writes to Newcastle to acknowledge the receipt of several despatches, which includes correspondence on the rules and duties for Goods submitted to the Industrial Exhibition at Paris, and correspondence on Rules and Regulations for colonial trade, which Douglas promises to publish widely.

 Douglas, James
Victoria Vancouver's Island
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No. 26 6357, CO 305/5, p. 79; received 25 July
Victoria Vancouver's Island
16th May 1854 My Lord Duke,

I beg to acknowledge the receipt, on the 9th Inst, of a letter from your Grace dated 7th July 1853, mentioning the receipt of my Despatches of the numbers and Dates, noted in the Margin. *

I have also to acknowledge the receipt on the same date of a circular Despatch from your Grace of the 18th July 1853, referring to your circular Despatch of the 9th May and further communicating that the Government of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French have decided that all Foreign prohibited Goods, may be admitted for Exhibition, at the Great Industrial Exhibition at Paris, and may be afterwards either re-exported free of all duties, or may be sold in France, upon the payment of an ad-valorem duty at the rate of 30 per cent.

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I have also to acknowledge the receipt on the same date of your Grace's Circular Despatch, of the 19th July 1853, transmitting an order made by Her Majesty in Council, establishing certain Rules and Regulations, in appeals to the Queen in Council, from the Colonies, and from the Territories of the East India Company, with a view to greater economy, despatch and efficiency, in the appellate jurisdiction of Her Majesty, and I will according to your Grace's instructions, take the necessary steps for giving them the most extensive publicity.

I have the honor to be Your Grace's most obedient humble Servant James Douglas Governor His Grace The Right HonbleHonourable The Duke of Newcastle Her Majesty's principal Secretary of State For the Colonial Department
Put by. ABd 25 July HM Jy 26 FP 26 GG 27
Originals Nos. 1, 5 and 6, 10 April 1853. Duplicates Nos. 2 and 4.