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Despatch to London
Seymour, Frederick to Carnarvon, Earl 11 March 1867, CO 60:27, no. 2509, 316.

Abstract
Despatch to London. Minutes (2).
Seymour asks if a provision can be added to the bill, now before parliament, for [the] ultimate admission of British Columbia into Canadian Confederacy. Buckingham’s minute relates why the bill cannot be modified and instructions for the reply to Seymour’s despatch.
Telegram


The Electric and International Telegraph Company

To Lord Carnarvon, Downing Street

From Frederick Seymour, New Westminster

Dated 11 March 1867
Received 14 March 1867

Can provision be made in bill now before parliament for ultimate admission of British Columbia into Canadian Confederacy. I write.
Minutes by CO staff
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It is too late to modify this bill as it has finally passed therefore await despatches referred to which will explain the reasons for this telegram before replying.
B&C 14/3
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See subsequent 126/10839, Sepe/10906.