<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> 3 November 1863, CO 305:20, no. 12577, 405. Douglas addressee Newcastle

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Douglas, James to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 3 November 1863, CO 305:20, no. 12577, 405.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/V63047.html. CO 305:20 CO 305 20 12577 405 47 V.I. 1863 received 31 December co_305_20_00410r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Despatch to London. Minutes (2), Other documents (1).

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No. 47 12577, CO 305/20, p. 405; received 31 December 3 November 1863 My Lord Duke,

I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of Your Grace's Despatch No 32 of the 30h July 1863 referring to the circumstance of one Thomas Burke, a distressed British Subject, having been improperly provided with a passage from Vancouver's Island to Queenstown at the public expense under an Order issued by a Justice of the Peace.

2. Mr Stamp, the Justice ofthe the Peace referred to was at the time of the occurrence the Superintendent of the Spar and Lumber Establishment at Alberni on the South west Coast of Vancouver's Island. He was constituted a Justice of the Peace from the necessity which existed for having some local authority in an isolated and distant settlement capable of preserving Law & order, not only amongst the Settlers, but also amongst the Crews of Ships arriving there for Cargoes, and who otherwise might have availed themselves of the opportunity offered for desertion. Mr Stamp has since left, and has recently returned to England, and I am therefore unable to call upon him for an explanation, but Idoubt doubt not he acted under a mistaken idea that the 17 and 18 Vic Cap. 104 sec. 211 applied to all British Subjects.

3. I have cautioned Mr Stamps Successor in respect of this matter, and I will not fail to observe that persons in the Colonies are not entitled to passage to England at the Expense of the British Government.

I have the honor to be My Lord Duke, Your Graces most obedient and humble Servant James Douglas
Sir F. Rogers Copy to Treasury for information? VJ 1 Jan
With reference to their letter, send, for infën..

Copy of our despatch to the Governor, & of the answer which has now been received from him on the subject. Draft.

TFE 4/1
Elliot to G.A. Hamilton, Treasury, 8 January 1864, forwarding copy of a despatch to the governor, and his reply, relative to the transportation of Thomas Burke from Vancouver Island to Queenstown.