No. 36
16 August 1859
1. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No 73 of the 2nd of June last, transmitting to me the copy of a letter from theManuscript imagethe Hudsons Bay Company, and of the answer which you had caused to be returned to it, respecting the employment of the Reverend Edward Cridge as Chaplain in Vancouvers Island.
2. According to Your request, I shall not fail to submit to the decision of the Legislature, the proposal of Mr Cridge to enter into a fresh agreement to act in that capacity.
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Mr Elliot
Put by.
ABd 10 Oct
Mr Blackwood
Put by.
TFE 10/10