I am directed by the Secretary of State to inform you, with
               reference to your Despatch No. 35 of 
9 December, that the Queen's
               Exequatur, empowering 
Mr. M.T. Johnston to act as Consul for the United
               States in 
British Columbia, received Her Majesty's signature on the 
25th
                  Instant, and that the notification of Her Majesty's approval of the
               appointment of 
Mr. Johnston will appear in the Gazette of the 
20th
                  Instant.