2. The appointment
is![Manuscript image Manuscript image](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~coldesp/jpg_scans/jpg_thumbnail/co_60_39/co_60_39_00188v.jpg)
is not in fact a new one.
M Alston was
previously the Registrar for
Vancouver Island, and does not
receive any increased emolument, but it is necessary that he
should have a new Commission under the consolidated Law for the
United Colony.