With reference to Your Despatch of the
30 of November last,
N 78, calling my attention to a Petition to
the Queen from
M John Coplandpraying![Manuscript image Manuscript image](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~coldesp/jpg_scans/jpg_thumbnail/co_305_19/co_305_19_00050v.jpg)
praying to be admitted as an Attorney and Solicitor of the
Supreme Court of
Vancouver Island, forwarded to me in your Despatch N 50 of the
30 of March last, I beg to refer Your Grace to my
Despatch N 74 of the
30 of November last, covering the required Report from the Chief Justice upon that Petition, and which
Report
contained an Explanation from that
functionary![Manuscript image Manuscript image](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~coldesp/jpg_scans/jpg_thumbnail/co_305_19/co_305_19_00051r.jpg)
functionary of the cause of the
delay in its transmission.