Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Douglas, James to Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer 11 April 1859, CO 60:4, no. 5446, 279.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (2).
Douglas acknowledges receipt of Letters Patent combining Vancouver Island and British Columbia into a Bishop’s See.
The minutes
Put by.
No. 134, Ecclesiastical
I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your Despatch of
the 31st January acquainting me that Letters Patent under the Great Seal have been issued erecting
the Colonies of British
Columbia, and of Vancouver's Island
Island into a Bishop's See, to be
styled the "Bishoprick of British Columbia" and appointing the
Reverend George Hills to be the first Bishop thereof; and I beg
to thank you for the copy of the said Letters Patent which you
have had the goodness to enclose for my information.
Island into a Bishop's See, to be
styled the "Bishoprick of British Columbia" and appointing the
Reverend George Hills to be the first Bishop thereof; and I beg
to thank you for the copy of the said Letters Patent which you
have had the goodness to enclose for my information.