[‘Discovery of Gold at Queen Charlotte’s Island.”] Printed paper: ‘Further Return to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 16 June 1853; - for, Copies or Extracts of Correspondence [...] Colonial Office, 8 August 1853 [...]'.

Certainly a very scarce item. JISC only lists one physical copy, at the British Library. 12pp, foolscap 8vo. Stabbed as issued. In fair condition, on worn, discoloured paper. A ‘Schedule’ at the start lists four numbers ‘in Series’: ‘Governor Douglas to the Duke of Newcastle’, 11 April 1853, ‘With copy of Proclamation declaring the Rights of the Crown with respect to Gold found at Queen Charlotte’s Island. / Regulations published, showing the terms on which Licences authorising the search for Gold will be issued.’; ‘The Duke of Newcastle’, 16 July 1853, ‘In reply to the foregoing Despatch, and conveying approval of the Proclamation and Regulations as reported.’; ‘F. Peel, Esq., M. P., to R. Taylor, Esq.’, 20 July 1853, ‘Declining to grant a Lease of Mining Land at Queen Charlotte’s Island.’; and ‘Memorandum of Proceedings of the Hudson’s Bay Company with respect to the Searching for Gold in Queen Charlotte’s Island.’