I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch,
               No. 159, of the 
10th December, in explanation of the expression of
               your belief that 
Mr. Cooper's statements as to the circumstances
               attending his appointment were correct.
               
               In reply I have to state to you that your explanation
shows
 shows that
               you were quite justified in the Knowledge which you expressed of 
Lord
                  Lytton's original arrangement with 
Mr. Cooper when he went out to
               
British Columbia.