Colonial Despatches

I have duly received your private letter of the 29th October 1858, mentioning the high opinion you had formed of capabilities and professional skill of Mr Joseph Trutch, a gentleman who has been engaged in surveying in Oregon under the Government of the United States, and to whom you have granted an officialofficial letter of introduction to me.

I trust you will accept my very best thanks for thus kindly bringing to my notice a person whom you judge may be able to afford me useful assistance, and I should assure you that when a suitable opportunity for employing him offers, I shall not fail to remember the flattering mention he has received from you.