18 February 1862
To The Honourable Y.S.S. [?] Elliot
Sir
This morning I have had the honour to receive your letter of
yesterday and the copy of a dispatch addressed by the Duke of
Newcastle to the Governor of Van Couvers Island respecting the
admission of Mr John Copland to practise the Law in that Island and
which shall be communicated to him.
I have the honour to be
Sir
Your most obedient very
humble Servant James Duncan
Writer to the Signet