Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Hammersley, F. to Merivale, Herman 18 March 1860, CO 305:15, no. 2986, 592.
Abstract
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (2).
Hammersley to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)
Will you pardon my troubling you? I am distressed [to] hear from
the Parents of a young man who is in Vancouvers Island, that many
of the letters [they] write to him,
never reach him. I have just heard of the arrival
there of my Nephew [the] Bishop of Columbia, & he does
not mention having received 
any letters from home—& I have
written regularly ever since he left England.
any letters from home—& I have
written regularly ever since he left England.
Will you kindly tell me how you direct your Official letters? I have
put on mine—
I paid 1/2/2.
via New York, & Panama
I paid 1/2/2.
I hope you have good accounts of Mrs Merivale & that she will return
in improved health.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Merivale
The delay I think must rest with the local Post Office. We have never had any complaints before. The letters were properly addressed but it might be safer to direct them viâ Panama by West Indian Packet.
The delay I think must rest with the local Post Office. We have never had any complaints before. The letters were properly addressed but it might be safer to direct them viâ Panama by West Indian Packet.
VJ
19 March