<persName ref="prs:forbes"><surname>Forbes</surname>, <forename>Robert</forename></persName> to <orgName ref="org:colonial_office">Colonial Office</orgName> 1858, CO 305:9, no. 10134, 594. Forbes addressee Colonial Office

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Forbes, Robert to Colonial Office 1858, CO 305:9, no. 10134, 594.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/V586F01.html. CO 305:09CO 305 9 594 10134 no received stamp co_305_09_00594r.jpg1858 V.I. Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Correspondence (private letter). Other documents (1).

This despatch is not in file.

Enclosed is a draft from the Colonial Office to Forbes acknowledging his letter and advising him that free grants were not made by the Hudson’s Bay Company to any persons whatever.

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Forbes to Colonial Office 10134, CO 305/9, p. 594; no received stamp

[Despatch missing from file]

Draft, Colonial Office to Robert Forbes, 12 October 1858, acknowledging his letter of 16 September 1858 (not in file), and advising that free grants of land were not made by the Hudson's Bay Company "to any persons whatever."