I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the
               
28 ult replying to my letter of the 
24 ult, and
               forwarding for my information, by permission of the 
Duke of
                  Newcastle, a Proclamation which

 regulates the disposal of
               Crown-land in 
British Columbia.
               
 
            
            
               Having made an abstract of this Proclamation, I herewith
               return it,

 and beg to express my best thanks for the accommodation
               afforded me.