Having received a communication from the Lords
Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, stating that
the Governor of British Columbia had applied to the
Colonial Office for Copies of the Charter & Supplemental
Charter of this Bank, and requesting that such Copies
might be furnished you for transmission to the Governor,
I now beg to enclose those documents.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant, Henry E. Ransom,
Manager
Minutes by CO staff
Forward these copies to the Governor of B. Columbia—who
has asked for them.
Colonial Office to Ransom, 14 September 1865, reporting the loss
of the Brother Jonathan and probable loss of the mail,
and requesting duplicate copies of the bank's charters.