I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch N
o 42 of the
4th December last transmitting copies of two proclamations issued by
you, the first conferring on yourself and your successors the power to
convey Crown Lands within the Colony
of
British Columbia; the second
imposing duties on Imports into
British Columbia.
I have laid these Proclamations before
the Queen, and I am
commanded to acquaint you that Her Majesty has been pleased to approve them.