Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Grenville, Richard to Seymour, Frederick 6 October 1868, NAC RG7:G8C/15, 452.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Buckingham informs Seymour that Buckingham
appointed Mr. Philip J. Hankin, R.N. Colonial Secretary of Sierra Leone, to be Colonial Secretary of British Columbia with a Salary of £800 a year.
No. 85
6 October 1868
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that I have appointed Mr. Philip J.
Hankin, R.N. Colonial Secretary of Sierra Leone, to be Colonial
Secretary of British Columbia with a Salary of £800 a year.
By another opportunity I shall communicate to you thedate
date at which
Mr. Hankin proposes to leave this Country for the Colony. He will be
entitled to the half Salary of the Office from the date of his
embarkation.
date at which
Mr. Hankin proposes to leave this Country for the Colony. He will be
entitled to the half Salary of the Office from the date of his
embarkation.