With reference to your letter of 
2 Instant enclosing
               an Ordinance that has been passed by the Governor and Council
               of 
British Columbia, No 24, entitled, "An Ordinance respecting
               the Salary of the Office of Governor" whereby the Salary of
               that Office is increased from £3000 to £4000 a year, I am
               commanded by the
Lords Lords Commissoners of Her Majesty's Treasury
 Lords Commissoners of Her Majesty's Treasury
               to request you to state to 
M Secretary Cardwell that
               although this Ordinance ought not to have been proposed to
               the Legislature without the previous sanction of the Secretary
               of State, yet, for the reasons stated in your Letter, Their
               Lordships will not withhold their sanction to its confirmation.
               
               The Resolution and Newspaper Article enclosed in your
               letter are herewith returned.