I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Grace's
Despatch N
o 21, of the
4th of May last, conveying to me
the
the sanction of
the Queen for the following Proclamations,
N
o 14 To facilitate the recovery of small debts.
N
o 15 To promote the formation of Joint Stock Companies.
N
o 16 To impose a Toll on goods carried from
New Westminster.
2. I have also had the honor of receiving a Report by the
Law Adviser of the Colonial Department on the two former of
these Proclamations, which
Your
your Grace kindly caused to be
enclosed for my information.
3. I have called the attention of
Her Majesty's Attorney
General to the subject of that Report, and he will take
advantage of the kind assistance afforded, to amend the
Proclamations, as therein suggested.