Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Cardwell, Edward to Kennedy, Arthur 13 October 1864, NAC RG7:G8C/04, 303.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Marginalia (1).
Cardwell acknowledges receipt of a series of despatches regarding the
sale and transfer to the Government of Vancouver Island of Fisgard Island situated in Esquimalt Harbour.Cardwell advises that William Young, Cecilia Young, and Joseph Pemberton
should convey their interestin the property
to the Crown.
No. 42
13th October 1864
Sir,
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatches noted in the
margin,
and to transmit to you the enclosed copies of a correspondence which has
taken place relative to the sale and transfer to the Government of
Vancouver Island of Fisgard Island situated in Esquimalt Harbour.
It
No. 37. 14 June 1864, No. 38. 21 June 1864
It will be seen from these papers that no properly executed
conveyance of this island has yet been made although the purchase money
for it was paid by the Surveyor General (Mr. Pemberton) to the owners in
1859.
I concur in the views expressed in Mr. Walcott's Report, and as Mr.
and Mrs. Young are ready to execute any such conveyance of the Island as
the Local Government may think necessary, I should wish you to consult
with your law Adviser as to the form of this conveyance to whom the land
should be conveyed, and by whom it should be executed; and to prepare
the requisite Deedsfor
for the execution of Mr. and Mrs. Young, when they
return to the colony.
for the execution of Mr. and Mrs. Young, when they
return to the colony.
Possibly the simplest course may be that Mr. and Mrs. Young and Mr.
Pemberton should convey their interest to the Crown.