<persName ref="prs:carnarvon"><surname>Carnarvon</surname>, </persName> to <persName ref="prs:young_wag"><surname>Young</surname>, <forename>William</forename><!--ps edit 08-06-09 --> <forename>Alexander</forename> <forename>George</forename></persName> 2 January 1867, NAC RG7:G8C/5, 500. Carnarvon (Parliamentary Under-Secretary) addressee Officer Administering

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Carnarvon, to Young, William Alexander George 2 January 1867, NAC RG7:G8C/5, 500.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/V667702.html. NAC RG7:G8C/5 NAC RG7 G8C/5 500 2 V.I. 1867 rg7_g8c_05_00301r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Despatch from London.

Carnarvon acknowledges receipt of the despatch reporting the departure of Governor Kennedy for England, and Young’s assumption of administration of the colony pending the Union … to British Columbia.

Carnarvon, Young, William Alexander George Added Abstract. Inserted revisionDesc with @status="unproofed".
No. 2 NAC, RG7, G8C/5, p. 500 (CO 410/2, p. 169) 2 January 1867 Sir,

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch, No. 85, of the 24th October reporting the departure of Governor Kennedy for England, and the assumption by you of the Administration of the Government of Vancouver Island pending the Unionof of that Colony to British Columbia.

I have the honor to be Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant Carnarvon The Officer Administering the Government