Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Lugard, Edward to Rogers, Frederic 24 March 1862, CO 60:14, no. 2982, 325.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).
Lugard forwards Rogers a letter from Cochrane
asking
what advantages in the purchase of Land in British Columbia are accorded to Officers who may retire from the Army for the purpose of settling in that Colony.Elliot minutes that the answer can be found in
the Proclamation of the 18th of March 1861.
Lugard to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)
24 March 1862
I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to transmit to you, for the consideration
of the Duke of Newcastle, the enclosed copy
of a letter from Captain Cochrane in which he requests to be informed whether any and if so what advantages in the
purchase of Land in British Columbia are accorded toOfficers
Officers who may retire from the Army for the purpose of settling
in that Colony.
Officers who may retire from the Army for the purpose of settling
in that Colony.
Sir George Lewis will be glad to be informed of the answer
which should be returned to this application.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Elliot
A copy of the annexed Proclamation (No 3 of /61) was sent to the War Office on the 20th of last Decr. Furnish the War Office with another copy, if we can spare it—which I doubt—adding that the Proclamation recd the Queen's approval on the 30th Decr last.
A copy of the annexed Proclamation (No 3 of /61) was sent to the War Office on the 20th of last Decr. Furnish the War Office with another copy, if we can spare it—which I doubt—adding that the Proclamation recd the Queen's approval on the 30th Decr last.
ABd
27/3
The best reply will be to say that the advantages accorded
to Officers of the Army who may settle in British Columbia
are detailed in the Proclamation of the 18th of March 1861, of
which a copy will be found in the letter from this Department
to the War Office dated the 20th of Decr last, and to
suggest that Capt. Cochrane should be answered in accordance
with the contents of that Proclamation.
TFE
27 March
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Other documents included in the file
Draft, Elliot to Under-Secretary, War Office, 31 March 1862, advising where the requisite information could be found.