I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No.
36 of the 7th June, representing the condition of the Postal
Establishment of Vancouvers Island in consequence of the deficiency of
any Postal Regulations.
I transmit to you, for your information, copies of a correspondence
to which your Despatch has given rise,between between this Department the
General Post Office and the Board of Treasury.
If you desire that the treasury should fix the rates of Postage in
Vancouver Island, it may be advisable that you should at once inform me
what rates you would desire to be prescribed.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble servant Edward Cardwell
Other documents included in the file
Copy, Rogers to Hill, 17 August 1865, forwarding Kennedy's despatch to the post office regarding postal regulations.
Copy, Scudamore to Rogers, 5 October 1865, reporting that the Postmaster General has the Colonial Office's request under consideration.
Copy, Rogers to Hamilton, 16 October 1865, forwarding Kennedy's despatch to the post office regarding postal regulations and requesting an opinon
on a rate of postage for Vancouver Island.