Murdoch to Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary)

I have to acknowledge your letter of 11th instant
with a letter from Mrs Ward enquiring whether any
assistance would be given towards the Emigration to B. Columbia of herself and her daughter, and offering, if such
assistance be given, to take charge of a number of respectable
young women who are anxious to emigrate to that Colony.

2. In reply I have to state that there is no Fund under
the control of the Government, nor am I aware that there is
any fund under private control, out of which Emigration to
British Columbia can be assisted. It will not, therefore,
be possible to take advantage of the services of Mrs Ward
on the conditions she has proposed.