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Vancouver's Island. Return to an address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 7 August 1848;-for, "Copy of correspondence between the chairman of the Hudson's Bay Company and the Secretary of State for the colonies, relative to the colonization of Vancouver's Island" Great Britain. Colonial Office; Hawes, B. (Benjamin), 1797-1862

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"([Great Britain. Parliament, 1848. House of Commons papers] 619)" -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 1.

"A series of 13 letters, with some enclosures, including James Douglas's report on the Island in 1842 and the authorization for the Company to colonize it." -- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 112.

"Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 10 August 1848." -- Title page.

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