2. Did
M Cooper reside in
British Columbia and render
service to that Colony, I should be happy to recommend the
application to favorable consideration; but as the duties
performed by
M Cooper are really merely nominal, and scarcely
in any way connected with
British Columbia, I regret that I
do not feel justified
in![Manuscript image Manuscript image](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~coldesp/jpg_scans/jpg_thumbnail/co_60_05/co_60_05_00124r.jpg)
in doing more than submitting the application
to Your Grace.