Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Cardwell, Edward to Kennedy, Arthur 26 April 1865, NAC RG7:G8C/5, 126.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Cardwell forwards a copy of Dallas’s memorandum regarding the enclosure of Beacon Hill Park, as well as
an extract of a Report from the Board of Emigration relative to one part of that Memorandum.Cardwell also notes his continued approval of Kennedy’s part in the matter.
No. 24
26th April 1865
Sir,
I have already in my Despatch, No. 19, of the 21st of March,
informed you that I was quite satisfied with your explanation contained
in your Despatch, No. 1, dated the 2nd of January, of the steps you had
taken in orderto
to protect the Public from encroachments upon the Park in
Victoria.
to protect the Public from encroachments upon the Park in
Victoria.
I though it right to put Sir Edmund Head and the Hudson's Bay
Company in possession of your Despatch. This led to Mr. Dallas's
writing a Memorandum of which I enclose a Copy, as well as an extract of
a Report from the Board of Emigration relative to one part of that
Memorandum.
I adhere to my approval of your proceedingsand
and think it
unnecessary to pursue the subject further.
and think it
unnecessary to pursue the subject further.