Head to Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary)

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the 29th ultimo transmitting a copy of a despatch from
the Governor of British Columbia enclosing copy of a notice
which he had issued calling upon all Magistrates, Constables
and other public officers to furnish Dr Rae with any aid
 which he might require in surveying the route for an Electric
Telegraph across the Rocky Mountains; and on behalf of
myself and my Colleagues in the direction of this Company I
have to request that you will convey to the Secretary of State for the
Colonial Department our best thanks for his obliging communication.