I have received with due attention your Despatch of the
10 December l858, N 51, forwarding for my information
the copy of a letter, together with your reply thereto, from
the![Manuscript image Manuscript image](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~coldesp/jpg_scans/jpg_thumbnail/co_60_04/co_60_04_00167v.jpg)
the Secretary to the
Bank of British North America, submitting
proposals for the establishment of a Branch of that Bank at this place.