I have had the honor to receive Your Lordship's despatch marked
"Separate" of the 30th of October, as well as the Letters Patent under
the Great Seal declaring thatthe the Commission Granted to Arthur Edward
Kennedy, Esquire, C.B. as Governor of Vancouver Island should cease
on the union of that Island with British Columbia.
I have the honor to be,
My Lord,
Your most obedient
humble Servant Frederick Seymour