I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
Mr Fortescue's
letter of the
21st on the subject of the questions pending between Her Majestys Government and the Hudsons
Bay Company respecting the amount to be repaid to the Company on the resumption of
Vancouver's Island by the Crown—and in reply I venture to request that your Grace will favor me with
an interview at an early date when I hope we shall be able to arrive at a final settlement
of those claims.