I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of 
Mr. Hankin's
               Despatch No. 26 of the 
3rd of July and to inform you that as 
Mr. J.W.
                  Trutch has divested himself of all pecuniary interest or connection in
               Tolls of the Alexandra Bridge I have
much
 much pleasure in confirming him in
               the appointment of Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works in 
British
                  Columbia.