<persName ref="prs:le_marchant"><surname>Le Marchant</surname>, <forename>D.</forename></persName> to <name>[Recipient not known.]</name> 24 June 1858, CO 305:9, no. 6160, 479. Le Marchant addressee [None]

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Le Marchant, D. to [Recipient not known.] 24 June 1858, CO 305:9, no. 6160, 479.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/V585PA01.html. CO 305:09 CO 305 9 6160 479 Resolution V.I. 1858 received 26 June co_305_09_00479r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Public Offices document. Minutes (3), Other documents (1).

Le Marchant issues a resolution from the House of Commons requesting a Return of all lands in Vancouver’s Island sold to any individual or company along with details on the extent to which such lands are under cultivation, and the localities in which they are situated.

The minutes assert that this information would have to be procured from the HBC; and note that the return may offer useful information to the CO in the current negotiations between the government and the HBC for the impending land transfer.

Enclosed is a draft from the Colonial Office to Shepherd of the HBC asking for a copy of the return requested in the public address.

 Le Marchant, D.
House of Commons
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House of Commons 6160, CO 305/9, p. 479; received 26 June
House of Commons
24 June 1858

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give directions that there be laid before this House, a Return of all lands in Vancouver's Island sold to any individual or company, with the names of the persons or company to whom such lands have been sold, the extent to which such lands are under cultivation, and the localities in which they are situated.

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to her Majesty by such Members of this House as are of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council.

D. Le Marchant Cl[erk] Dom Gen
Mr Merivale Parly Clerk.

This infn will have to be procured from the Hudson's Bay Co. I conclude that when we ask for it it had better be said that the return must be made out from the earliest period of the possession of the Colony by the Co.

ABd 28 J. HM /28
This return may possibly give us some useful information. It touches upon questions whwhich may not unfittingly be considered in the negotiation between GovtGovernment & the H.B.C. for adjusting their claims to compensation. C June 28
Draft herewith. JCB 29 June
Draft, Colonial Office to John Shepherd, Hudson's Bay Company, 6 July 1858, asking for the return requested in the address.