I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of 
Mr Merivale's
               letter of the 
10th Instant, addressed to the Deputy Governor,
               transmitting, by your direction, copy of a Despatch from the Governor of
               
Vancouver's Island, dated 
Victoria, 
20th April 1857, with its
               enclosures; and I beg to convey the thanks of the Committee of the
               Hudsons's Bay Company for this communication.