I have received and laid before 
The Queen the Ordinances named in
               the Margin,
               
               
               
                  
                     No. 14 "An Ordinance Amending the Procedure of the County Courts
                     of the Colony of 
British Columbia." Enclosed in 
Mr. Birch's Despatch No.
                     47 of the 
21st June.
                     
                     No. 17 "An Ordinance to define the Jurisdiction of County Courts
                     under the Small Debts Act 
1859." Enclosed in 
Mr Birch's Despatch No. 48
                     of the 
21st June.
                     
 
               
               which were passed by the Legislature of 
British Columbia in the month of
               
April last, and I have the honor to acquaint you that Her Majesty has
               been
graciously
 graciously pleased to sanction and confirm them.
               
               I have read the observations of the Attorney General upon Ordinance
               No. 14, with all the respect to which they are entitled, but, on the
               whole, I am of opinion that if the provisions to which he objects, are
               found productive of practical inconvenience it may be left to the
               Legislature
to
 to take the necessary steps for their removal.