I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of a Telegram from you
               dated the 18th of April.
               
            
            
               I am much gratified to receive this proof of the new and rapid
               communication opened between this country and possessions of 
The Queen so
               distant as

 that of 
British Columbia and I have received with pleasure the
               tidings now conveyed to me of the progress of roads and other works of
               utility in the Colony.