I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter
               of the 
24th Instant transmitting a copy of a Despatch from
               the Governor of 
British Columbia to the 
Earl of Carnarvon
               dated 
New Westminster 2 February 1867 on the subject of the sale of
               spirituous liquors to the Indians, and I have to request that you will
               convey to His Grace the 
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos the thanks of
               the Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company for the communication.