I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 
20th
                  Instant, accompanying a Copy of a Despatch with its enclosure from the
               
Governor of Vancouvers Island to 
Earl Grey, and stating that his
               Lordship proposes to confirm the appointment of 
Mr Helmken as
               Magistrate for 
Fort Rupert and the adjacent district, for which
               communications I have to request that you will convey my best thanks to 
Earl Grey.