I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of
Sir J. Douglas's
despatch No. 20 of the
12th of April enclosing a congratulatory Address
from the Legislative Council of
British Columbia on the birth of a son
to the Prince and Princess of Wales.
You will have
the the goodness to inform the Legislative Council that I
caused their Address to be communicated to His Royal Highness the Prince
of Wales, and that His Royal Highness received with much satisfaction
the congratulations which it contained.