Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Other documents (1).
Walrond requests information on Macadam’s character and health from the Colonial Office as Macadam reports working on Vancouver's Island from April 1864 to November 1867. Cox minutes that the Colonial Officecan give no information.
Walrond to Under-Secretary of State
Civil Service Commission
London, S.W.
8th February 1869
Sir,
James Reed Macadam, now a candidate for the situation of Writer
at Liverpool in the Department of Her Majesty's Customs, having
stated that he was employed as Warder and Gaoler in Vancouver's
Islandfrom April 1864 to November 1867, and that he received no
Discharge on leaving the Colonial Convict Service.
I am directed by the Civil Service Commissioners to request that
you will favor them by informing me whether his character was in
all respects satisfactory during the period of his Service and
whether his health was good.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant T. Walrond