Colonial Despatches

I have the honor to transmit a letter addressed to you by Mr Greville Mathew, Registrar of the Supreme Court of this Colony, praying under the circumstances stated, that you will transfer him to some appointment requiring less physical exertion than the onehe he at present holds.

2. Mr Mathew's statement is quite correct. By his accident he is incapacitated for a long time, probably for life, from fulfilling properly the duties of his present situation. I enclose letters addressed to him by the Judge of the Supreme Court and the Attorney General showing the high estimation in which he is held by the Bench and Bar.

3. I would most willinglyprovide provide for Mr Mathew myself if I saw any probability of my being able to do so. I have not however had a single situation to give away since my arrival and I do not see the most remote prospect of any patronage falling into my hands. As stated in my despatch No. 33 of 5th September, my Predecessor has left me some unattached public officers for whom it is my duty to find employment in any situation which may fall vacant. Even the creationof of a new Staff of Officers at the Kootenay Gold Mines does not exhaust the superabundant supply I have on hand.

3. [4.] It gives me great pleasure to be able to state that Mr Mathew is a gentleman of good education and conduct. He has I am told shown great ability in the performance of his duties, which come more under the notice of the Judge than of mine. Mr Mathew would much prefer anappointment appointment in the West Indies to one in British Columbia. His father is Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary in Central America.