With reference to your letter[s] of
February 16 and
March 3, I am
directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to
transmit to you, to be laid before
Earl Granville, a copy of a
note from the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs to Her
Majesty's Minister at Madrid, stating that orders have been
given to the Governors of Spanish Colonies to admit vessels of
British Columbia, Western Australia and the Straits Settlements
to the advantage, secured by the Spanish decree of
June 4 1868,
in respect of Port and Navigation dues.