Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Paget, Clarence Edward to Merivale, Herman 6 August 1859, CO 305:12, no. 7943, 43.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (1), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).
Paget, on the Admiralty's behalf, forwards
an Extract from a Letter, dated the 10th June, from Captain DeCourcy of H.M. Ship Pylades, relative to the state of affairs in Vancouver Island.In the minutes, Blackwood wonders if
the Foreign Office could form some sort of opinion how much longer the maritime part of the Boundary Commission will last.
Paget to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)
6 August 1859
I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to send you
herewith, for the information of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for
the Colonies, an Extract from a Letter, dated the 10th June, from
Captain DeCourcy of H.M. Ship Pylades, relative to the state of
affairs in Vancouver Island.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Merivale
It begins, I think, to be a question whether, at all events whilst the Surveying Ships are off this Settlement, the Pylades & Tribune are needed there. Perhaps the Foreign Office could form some sort of opinion how much longer the maritime part of the Boundary Commission will last.
It begins, I think, to be a question whether, at all events whilst the Surveying Ships are off this Settlement, the Pylades & Tribune are needed there. Perhaps the Foreign Office could form some sort of opinion how much longer the maritime part of the Boundary Commission will last.
Other documents included in the file
Draft, Merivale to E. Hammond, Foreign Office, 19 August 1859,
asking to be informed "of the probable time which the surveying ships
under Captain Prevost R.N. are likely to be employed" at British
Columbia.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Extracts, Captain de Courcy to Rear Admiral Baynes, 10 June 1859,
reporting the proceedings of HMS
Pylades, Tribune, and Satellite and stating that all was
quiet at Vancouver Island and British Columbia.