I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 6
               of the 
19th of May reporting the circumstances under which you had
               granted 
Mr. Trutch, the Surveyor General leave of absence to proceed to
               this Country, and had
placed
 placed 
Captain Holmes in charge of the Survey
               Department.
               
               I have to acquaint you that I see no reason to object to the course
               which you found yourself obliged to take in this matter.