I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of a Telegram from you
dated the 18th of April.
I am much gratified to receive this proof of the new and rapid
communication opened between this country and possessions of The Queen so
distant as that of British Columbia and I have received with pleasure the
tidings now conveyed to me of the progress of roads and other works of
utility in the Colony.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient servant Edward Cardwell