Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Seymour, Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 2 June 1865, CO 60:22, no. 8617, 12.
Abstract
Seymour, Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 2 June 1865, CO 60:22, no. 8617, 12.
Despatch to London.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).
No. 74
2nd June 1865
Sir,
I have the honor to forward an Authenticated and two
plain Copies of an Ordinance of the recent Session of the
Legislature of this Colony, entitled;
No. 27. An Ordinancefor
for regulating the acquisition
of Land in British Columbia.
I add the Report of the Attorney General.
for regulating the acquisition
of Land in British Columbia.
I add the Report of the Attorney General.
2. Though a measure of this importance, drawn up
within less than a year of my assumption of the Government,
must to a very great extent be considered tentative, I allow
myself to hope that the present Land Ordinance is a great
improvement upon its predecessor.
I have
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
H.P.P. Crease, Attorney General, to Colonial Secretary, 14 June
1865, reporting on the ordinance as per despatch.
Other documents included in the file
Elliot to Emigration Commissioners, 18 September 1865,
forwarding copy of the despatch and enclosures for suggestions and
observations.