I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, marked
private of the
1 September
last,
enclosing a copy of a memorandum drawn up by
Captain R.B. Sinclair
containing suggestions on various subjects connected with
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the Colony of
British Columbia—and I shall not fail to give them, especially to the
marginal notes, which probably express the views of H.M. Government, my
serious consideration.