With reference to your letter of the 30th Ultimo, I have the honor
to convey to you Her Majesty's permission to visit the Colony of British
Columbia as occasion may demand.
The duration of any one visit of this description is left to your
discretion, but it will be necessary that your absence from your post
without previous leave from home should not exceed four Weeks in the
Year in all, and that each absence should be regularly reported to this
Office.