I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 19
of the
24th of March drawing my attention to the Act of the Legislature
of
Vancouver Island providing a salary for the Chief Justice.
It will of course be necessary for the Legislature to make a
permanent, as distinct from an annual, provision for
the the successor of
the Chief Justice now to be appointed, when that Officer vacates his
appointment, but in the meantime the Act already forwarded by you
sufficiently fulfils the condition required by me, which was that
Mr.
Cameron's successor should not be sent out with an uncertain provision.
I take for granted that on receiving my despatch of the
17th of
April you have assented to the Act assigning this salary to the next
Chief Justice. If not you
should should of course do so at once.