I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 43
dated the
10th June last, enclosing a Memorial addressed to my
Predecessor by the Legislative Assembly of
Vancouver Island praying that
certain clauses
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in
British Columbia Customs Duties Ordinance No. 3 of
1865 may be disallowed by Her Majesty's Government.
I have to request you to inform the Memorialists that the Governor
of
British Columbia has been apprised by a recent despatch that Her
Majesty will not be advised to confirm the Ordinance No. 3 of the
1865
in its present form; although the matter will cease to be of importance
to the inhabitants of
Victoria when the Island and the Mainland form
part of the
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same Colony.