No. 46

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 48
of the 22nd March and to convey to you Her Majesty's gracious
confirmation and allowance of the ordinance of your Government No. 7 of
1869

further to extend the time granted to the Harewood Colliery Company,
Limited, by 'The Harewood Railway Company's Act 1864' for making and
completing a tramway from the Company's Mines to Departure Bay, Nanaimo.

I concur with the opinion expressed by yourself and the Attorney
General That no further extension of the rights of the company should be
granted beyond the time fixed by this Ordinance.