Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (6), Other documents (1).
Fraser to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)
Hudson's Bay House
London
Decr 22nd 1866
Sir,
By the direction of the Governor and Committee of the
Hudson's Bay Company I have the honour herewith to transmit
for the information of the Earl of Carnarvon, copy of a
letter to me from William F. Tolmie Esquire one of the
Company's Agents at Victoria, Vancouver Island, together
with copy of a correspondence which has lately taken place
betweenthe the Honorable N. Birch administering the Government
of British Columbia and the Board of Management relative to the illicit
liquor traffic with Indians on the North West Coast of America.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant Thomas Fraser
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Copy, Tolmie to Fraser, 23 October 1866, suggesting alternatives
for suppressing liquor traffic amongst natives.
Copy, H.M. Ball, Colonial Secretary's Office, to Tolmie, 26 September
1866, disputing Roderick Finlayson's letter of 4 June and stating that
the governor had been successful in suppressing the liquor traffic.
Extract, Finlayson to Fraser, 4 June 1866,
complaining of unequal extraction of duties by the government
of the colony between the Hudson's Bay Company and her competitors.
Copy, Tolmie to Ball, 13 October 1866, stating the facts presented
in Finlayson's letter were true and providing further substantiation.
Copy, Tolmie to Ball, 16 October 1866, stating causes for
problems in liquor trade.
Tolmie to Ball, 20 October 1866, advising that several schooners
carrying liquor were headed for the north west coast of the colony.
Other documents included in the file
Rogers to Fraser, 18 February 1867, stating that Seymour
would endeavour to curb the illicit liquor trade.