No. 16
10 April 1866
Sir,
I have received and laid before The Queen the Ordinance No. 2 of 1866 entitled "An Ordinance in Aid of the Trustees Relief Act," which accompanied your despatch No. 8 of the 1st February, and I am commanded to inform you that Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to sanction and confirm this Ordinance.
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You will communicate Her Majesty's decision to the inhabitants of the Colony of British Columbia in the usual and most authentic manner.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble servant
Edward Cardwell
The Officer Administering the Government
Cardwell, Edward to Birch, Arthur Nonus 10 April 1866, NAC :, 104. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/B667016.html.

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