Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Young, William Alexander George to Rogers, Frederic 21 October 1864, CO 305:24, no. 9773, 316.
Abstract
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (2), Other documents (1).
Young assures the Colonial Office that he is not relinquishing his appointment as Colonial Secretary of Vancouver Island and has turned down an employment offer in England.
Young to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)
Walmer, Kent
21st October 1864
Sir,
I have had the honor of receiving your letter of yesterday's date,
apprizing me, by direction of Mr Secretary Cardwell, of a
representation made by the Governor of Vancouver's Island, to the
effect that it is reported I am seeking employment in this Country,
which will cause my relinquishment of the Office I hold in the
Colony; and, therefore, requesting me, at my earliest convenience, to
inform the Secretary ofState
State of my intentions on this point.
State of my intentions on this point.
2. In reference thereto I beg to express my thanks to Mr Secretary
Cardwell, for thus affording me the opportunity of stating, in
contradiction of such reports, that I am not seeking, and that I have
not sought, any employment which would cause me to relinquish the
Office that I have the honor to hold in the Colony: and in support
of this I would mention that, since my arrival in England, I was
offered an appointment, equal if not superior, so far as mere
emolument is concerned, to that of Colonial Secretary of Vancouver's
Island, and that I declined the same, preferringto
to identify my
fortunes with the prospective advantages which, I believe, may,
without presumption, be contemplated by those who faithfully fulfil
their trust while employed in the Civil Service of the Colonies.
to identify my
fortunes with the prospective advantages which, I believe, may,
without presumption, be contemplated by those who faithfully fulfil
their trust while employed in the Civil Service of the Colonies.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most obedient
and humble Servant
William A.G. Young
Colonial Secretary of
Vancouver's Island
Sir
Your most obedient
and humble Servant
William A.G. Young
Colonial Secretary of
Vancouver's Island
Sir Frederic Rogers Bart
Under Secretary of State
for the Colonial Department
&c &c &c
Under Secretary of State
for the Colonial Department
&c &c &c
Other documents included in the file
Draft, Cardwell to Kennedy, No. 48, 24 October 1864, informing Kennedy that Young will not accept any employment that will obligate him to leave his position at Vancouver Island.