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- Feb. 23, 1863
BRITISH COLUMBIA. [Coat of arms A] PROCLAMATION. NO. 2 A.D. 1863. BY HIS EXCELLENCY JAMES DOUGLAS, COMPANION OF THE MOST HONORABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE SAME, &C., &C. … ISSUED UNDER THE PUBLIC SEAL OF THE SAID COLONY, AT VICTORIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND, THIS TWENTY-THIRD DAY OF FEBRUARY, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE, AND IN THE TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR OF HER MAJESTY’S REIGN, BY ME, JAMES DOUGLAS. BY HIS EXCELLENCY’S COMMAND, WILLIAM A.G. YOUNG, COLONIAL SECRETARY. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.