The
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have submitted to my
consideration the question of reserving coal, and Timber

for Government
purposes in
British Columbia and
Vancouvers Island, and I transmit to
your herewith, for your information the copy of a report which I have
obtained from Her Majesty's Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners
upon it. I have intimated to the
Admiralty my concurrence in the views
expressed by the commissioners on this subject.