Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Seymour, Frederick to Grenville, Richard 19 December 1867, CO 60:29, no. 2628, 594.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (4), Other documents (1).
Seymour asks for instructions regarding
the Public Seal of theMinutes by Gairdner, Rogers, and Buckingham agree that Seymour should send Vancouver Island’s colonial seal to the Colonial Office and discuss how Seymour should send the seal to the Colonial Office.Colony of Vancouver Island.
No. 163
19th December 1867
My Lord Duke,
I should feel much obliged if Your Grace would instruct me what
to do with the Public Seal of the "Colony of Vancouver Island." I
presumethat
that I cannot make use of it officially in any way.
that I cannot make use of it officially in any way.
Minutes by CO staff
Sir F. Rogers
The Seal should be returned to this office as usual to be sent to the Council Office for the purpose of being defaced. It might be attached to some fraudulent grant or other deed if not defaced.
The Seal should be returned to this office as usual to be sent to the Council Office for the purpose of being defaced. It might be attached to some fraudulent grant or other deed if not defaced.
GG
16 March
Yes it shd be returned by hand through the Navy—or other
secure channel otherwise it may be lost & wrongfully used.
B&C
18/3
Other documents included in the file
Draft reply, Buckingham to Seymour, Separate, 27 March 1868 instructing Seymour to send the seal of Vancouver Island to the Colonial Office using a secure channel.
Minutes by CO staff
The Colonial Seals have been usually sent out to & the old Seals
returned from the Colonies in the Dispatch Bags. They are in
a small box which forms a Cube of a few inches.
GG
21 March