<persName ref="prs:cardwell"><surname>Cardwell</surname>, <forename>Edward</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:kennedy_a"><surname>Kennedy</surname>, <forename>Arthur</forename></persName> 18 August 1865, NAC RG7:G8C/5, 179. Cardwell addressee Kennedy

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Cardwell, Edward to Kennedy, Arthur 18 August 1865, NAC RG7:G8C/5, 179.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/V657040.html. NAC RG7:G8C/5 NAC RG7 G8C/5 179 40 V.I. 1865 rg7_g8c_05_00110r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Cardwell, Edward to Kennedy, Arthur 18 August 1865, NAC RG7:G8C/5, 179.

Despatch from London.

Cardwell, Edward Kennedy, Arthur Inserted revisionDesc with @status="unproofed".
No. 40 NAC, RG7, G8C/5, p. 179 (CO 410/2, p. 65) 18th August 1865 Sir,

I have received your despatch No. 38 of the 15th of June relative to the practise and accounts of the Probate Court of Vancouver Island.

The neglect, disorder and dishonesty which have been allowed to exist in an office so closely connected with the Supreme Court cannot be otherwise than a subject of serious dissatisfaction and regret. I recognise with pleasure however the patience and intelligence with which the Board of Enquiry have investigated this painful affair in spite of obstacles thrown in their way by an Officer who ought on every account to have been anxious that the delinquencies of his subordinates should be fully explained and that he himself should becleared cleared from all responsibility for them.

The new Chief Justice having left this country for Vancouver Island I trust his arrival in the Colony will enable you to place on a better footing the offices connected with the Supreme Courts, in one of which I observe that a fresh scandal has occurred.

I have the honor to be Sir, Your most obedient humble servant Edward Cardwell