I am directed by the Board of Trade to acknowledge your letter of
the
7th Inst., transmitting for their consideration a transcript
of an Act, N
o 11 of
1866, passed at the last Session of the
Vancouvers Island Legislature, and entitled "An Act to amend the
scale of Fees charged for the entrance and clearance of Vessels,
Licenses to Scows, Boats, and other craft, and dues for landing
Permits, as well as other matters relating to the same in the
Port of Victoria including
Esquimalt"—and requesting to be informed
whether this Board are of opinion that
this this Act may properly be
submitted for Her Majesty's Confirmation.