Their Lordships desire me to state, for the information of the
               
Duke of Newcastle, that, after fully considering the subject of
               the memorials submitted for improved Postal Communication with the
               Colony of 
British Columbia, and having communicated thereon with
               the Postmaster General, they see no sufficient reason, at the

 present time, for granting a subsidy towards improving the arrangements
               under which correspondence is conveyed between this Country and the
               Colony of 
British Columbia.