I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
to return to you herewith the Act passed by the Legislature of
Vancouver's Island in
December 1862 entitled an Act to impose Certain
Stamp Duties on Writings and Deeds, which accompanied
Mr Elliot's
letter of
23rd Ultimo, and I am to acquaint you
for for the information
of the
Duke of Newcastle, that Their Lordships having communicated
this Act to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, are of opinion that
there is no objection to it, but the Commissioners have called
attention to an omission
in in the Act as Noted in the Margin (17
th
Clause).