I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your
despatch No 15, of the
2
September,
apprizing me of
the appointment of
M James Cooper, to the office of
Harbour Master of
Esquimalt, at a Salary of £400 per
annum, to be defrayed out of the local revenues of
British Columbia, and that for reasons stated you had
left![Manuscript image Manuscript image](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~coldesp/jpg_scans/jpg_thumbnail/co_60_01/co_60_01_00372v.jpg)
left it to me to issue his Commission in such style as
I should think proper. I have to assure you in reply
that your instructions on that head will meet with
every attention and be fully carried into effect.