I have the honor to inform you that I have appointed
Mr. Philip J.
Hankin, R.N. Colonial Secretary of Sierra Leone, to be Colonial
Secretary of
British Columbia with a Salary of £800 a year.
By another opportunity I shall communicate to you the
date date at which
Mr. Hankin proposes to leave this Country for the Colony. He will be
entitled to the half Salary of the Office from the date of his
embarkation.