With reference to the 
Duke of Newcastle's Circular of the 
30th of
                  April 1863 and to your Predecessor's reply of the 
21st of July
                  following, I have the honor to request that you will secure, as far as
               you are able, the extension to 
Vancouver Island of the Regulation
               prohibiting Government Officers from any concern in the management of
               any Bank, Railroad or other Commercial undertaking.