I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
the
10th instant, informing me His Grace, the
Duke of
Buckingham & Chandos,
has has been pleased to appoint me to be
Colonial Secretary of
British Columbia, with a Salary of £800 a year.
I have to request you will be good enough to convey to His Grace
my thanks for this appointment, and to state that I shall be
fully prepared to leave this Country, by the Mail
Steamer Steamer
sailing for
New York on the
4th November.