I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of 
Mr Fortescue's
               Despatch of the 
4h Instant, conveying your request that I will,
               for the reasons stated, formally resign the Vice-Admirals Commission
               issued to me on my appointment to my late Government of 
British
                  Columbia.
               
               In compliance with such requirement I therefore, beg to tender
my
               my resignation of the Office of Vice Admiral of the Colony of 
British
                  Columbia and its Dependencies, and I hereby resign all powers,
               rights, or privileges conferred on me or entrusted to me by such
               Commission issued to me as aforesaid, save and except in so far as
               relates to any act or thing heretofore done by virture of the said
               office.
               
               The Commission itself I have left behind me in 
British
                  Columbia but if it be required, I can return it from thence so soon as
               may be practicable.