I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter of
the
14th Inst. transmitting an Extract of a despatch from the
Governor of
British Columbia, and a Copy of a report by
Mr
Young the Acting Colonial Secretary in reply to
Mr Lowenberg's
statement—that the local Government would continue to dispute
his title to a piece of land in
Victoria known as lot Z.
In requesting you
will will convey to
Earl Granville the thanks of
the Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company for these
communications, I have to express their satisfaction to find that
the matter in dispute, which involved much Correspondence, has
been finally settled.