Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Wodehouse, John to Musgrave, Anthony 17 February 1871, NAC RG7:G8C/18, 63.
Abstract
Wodehouse, John to Musgrave, Anthony 17 February 1871, NAC RG7:G8C/18, 63.
Despatch from London.
Enclosures (untranscribed) (1).
No. 15
17 February 1871
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch of the
22nd December No. 163 informing me of the names of Gentlemen returned as
elective members of the New Legislative Council of British Columbia and reporting
thatyou
you had provisionally appointed the following Gentlemen to be
members of the Council, Mr. P.J. Hankin, Mr. G. Phillippo, Mr. W.O.
Hamley, Mr. A.F. Pemberton and Mr. G. Alston.
you had provisionally appointed the following Gentlemen to be
members of the Council, Mr. P.J. Hankin, Mr. G. Phillippo, Mr. W.O.
Hamley, Mr. A.F. Pemberton and Mr. G. Alston.
I transmit to you herewith the Queen's Warrant appointing these
Gentlemen.
I have to convey to you my approval of the Proclamation which you
issued convening the issue a Meeting on the 5th January.
Her Majesty's Government have learnt with much satisfaction from
your telegram dated the20th
20th January that the Council had passed
unanimously an Address to the Queen in favor of Union with Canada and I
readily leave it to your judgment to decide as to the time and manner of
bringing forward the question of Responsible Government.
20th January that the Council had passed
unanimously an Address to the Queen in favor of Union with Canada and I
readily leave it to your judgment to decide as to the time and manner of
bringing forward the question of Responsible Government.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Queen's Warrant, 14 February 1871, appointing Philip James Hankin, George Phillippo, Wymond Ogilvy Hamley, Augustus Frederick Pemberton, Joseph William Trutch, and Edward Graham Alston, to the Legislative Council of British Columbia.