I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of 
Mr. Seymour's
               Despatch No. 34 of the 
10th March and to convey to you Her Majesty's
               Gracious Confirmation and Allowance of the Ordinance No. 1 of 
1869,
               enacted by the Government of 
British Columbia and entitled
"An
 "An Ordinance
               for the establishment of Savings Banks within the Colony."
               
 
            
            
               I transmit to you however, for the consideration of the Legislative
               Council a copy of a Report by 
Mr. Tidd Pratt upon the provisions
               of that Ordinance.