Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Birch, Arthur Nonus to Cardwell, Edward 7 April 1866, CO 60:24, no. 5771, 148.
Abstract
Birch, Arthur Nonus to Cardwell, Edward 7 April 1866, CO 60:24, no. 5771, 148.
Despatch to London.
Minutes (3), Enclosures (untranscribed) (2), Other documents (1).
No. 26
7th April 1866
Sir,
I have the honor to forward copy of a letter addressed to
me by Mr Crease, Acting on behalf of the Colonial Securities
Company, in which he applies for permission to be granted to
Mr R. Ker, the Auditor General of this Colony to become one
of the Local Boardof
of Directors of the Company.
of Directors of the Company.
2. The option remained to me to allow a Public Officer to
become one of the Directors or to prevent the Company from
extending its operations to this Colony.
3. The advantages to the Colony from the introduction of
Capital are so great that I have allowed Mr Ker to act as a
Director until I have referred the matter for Your consideration.
I beg to recommend that Mr Ker be permitted to continuein
in the
direction for the period named in my reply to Mr Crease.
in the
direction for the period named in my reply to Mr Crease.
Minutes by CO staff
I should say
disapprove, it appears to me as
indefensible as possible. The Officer is an Auditor &
the Company is a Loan Company.
(Consult Mr Seymour?)
FR
15/6
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
H.P.P. Crease to Officer Administering the Government, 6 April
1866, requesting that Ker be made an officer of the company as per
despatch.
