With reference to my previous Despatches relative to 
Captain
                  Holmes, I have the honor to transmit to you a copy of a letter which I
               have caused to be addressed to him, and which will explain to you the
               grounds on which I have felt myself justified in offering to
him
 him the
               appointment of Registrar of the Supreme court of 
British Columbia,
               vacant by the transfer of 
Mr. Mathew to the Colonial Secretaryship of
               
Honduras.