Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
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Head, Edmund Walker to Rogers, Frederic 12 December 1864, CO 305:24, no. 11413, 227.
Head to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)
With reference to a letter which I had the honor to address to you on
the 26th of February last on the subject of a claim made upon this
Company respecting a small lot of land in Victoria Vancouvers Island
which has frequently been alluded to in the correspondence with Her
Majestys Government as Lot Z. I beg now to transmit a copy of a
letter recentlyaddressed
addressed to this Board by Mr Lowenberg the purchaser
of the lot in question in which he complains that he is still kept
out of possession of [by] the Colonial authorities, and a note signed by
Mr Dallas, who acted in this matter on behalf of the Hudsons Bay
Company in which he states that Mr Lowenberg is unjustly deprived of
his property and subjected to much annoyance & expense by the delay
which has taken place.
addressed to this Board by Mr Lowenberg the purchaser
of the lot in question in which he complains that he is still kept
out of possession of [by] the Colonial authorities, and a note signed by
Mr Dallas, who acted in this matter on behalf of the Hudsons Bay
Company in which he states that Mr Lowenberg is unjustly deprived of
his property and subjected to much annoyance & expense by the delay
which has taken place.
Having in my letter of the 26th of February stated at great length
the facts connected with Mr Lowenberg's claim I do not thinkit
it
necessary to trouble you on the present occasion with a repetition of
them; but the Committee of the Hudsons Bay Company trust that the
Secretary of State for the Colonies will now give positive orders on
the subject to the Governor of Vancouvers Island as will prevent the
authorities in that Colony from depriving Mr Lowenberg any longer of
his just rights and save this Company from the annoyance to which
they continue to be subjected by the obstacles which have been so
persistently offered in the Colony to the carrying out of the
Agreement entered into between HerMajesty's
Majesty's Government and this
Company on the 3rd February 1862 for the settlement of all questions
connected with the claim of the Company to lands in that Island.
it
necessary to trouble you on the present occasion with a repetition of
them; but the Committee of the Hudsons Bay Company trust that the
Secretary of State for the Colonies will now give positive orders on
the subject to the Governor of Vancouvers Island as will prevent the
authorities in that Colony from depriving Mr Lowenberg any longer of
his just rights and save this Company from the annoyance to which
they continue to be subjected by the obstacles which have been so
persistently offered in the Colony to the carrying out of the
Agreement entered into between HerMajesty's
Majesty's Government and this
Company on the 3rd February 1862 for the settlement of all questions
connected with the claim of the Company to lands in that Island.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Elliot
The Governor was authorized by Despatch of 16th of March last "to take the necessary steps for giving Mr Lowenberg a valid title to this Land." No reply has been received. Call the Govrs attention to the Subject & inform the H.B. Company?
The Governor was authorized by Despatch of 16th of March last "to take the necessary steps for giving Mr Lowenberg a valid title to this Land." No reply has been received. Call the Govrs attention to the Subject & inform the H.B. Company?
VJ
14 Decr
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
L. Lowenberg to Governor and Committee of the Hudson's Bay
Company, 30 November 1864, again calling attention to the disputed
land purchase and asking for assistance in resolving the situation.
Memorandum of A.G. Dallas, late Governor of the Hudsons Bay
Territory, 12 December 1864, advising that the land known as Lot Z
was "sold to Mr Lowenberg absolutely and in good faith."
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