I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch marked
"Separate" of the
21st of September enclosing a Memorial addressed to me
by certain inhabitants of
Vancouver Island on the occasion of the
approaching termination of your relations with the
Colony![Manuscript image Manuscript image](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~coldesp/jpg_scans/jpg_thumbnail/rg7_g8c_03/rg7_g8c_03_00217v.jpg)
Colony as it's
Governor.
I am much gratified by the evidence which the Memorial affords of
the esteem in which your Administration of the Government of the Island
has been held by the Colonists.