I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No.
               101 of the 
5th September, and to convey to you Her Majesty's gracious
               confirmation and allowance of the Ordinance of your Government No. 16 of
               
22nd March 1867 entitled "An Ordinance to assimilate the Law
               exempting the Homestead
and
 and other Property "from forced seizure and
               sale in certain cases in all parts of the Colony of 
British
                  Columbia."
               
               I have however to request that the operation of the Ordinance
               may be closely watched in order that if any of its provisions are
               found to give facility for fraud or evasion of liabilities, the
               necessary amendments may be made by the Legislature.
               
            
            
               I should be glad to be informed in due course of time whether
               the expectation that this Ordinance would tend to
facilitate
 facilitate settling in
               the Colony has been realized.