Brown to Lytton

I take the liberty of writing you this letter to ask a
few questions respecting the New Colony of British Columbia.
I observe from a pamphlet issued by Messrs Effingham & Wilson
of London that inducements are held out to Emigrants of a
better class than those who of late years left our shores
for the other Colonies. May I therefore ask at what rate per
acre land can be purchased within easy distance of the sea either
on the mainland or on Vancouvers Island; does the whole price
of the land require to be paid before possession is got
or can part of it remain [out?] for a term of years
and is there a limit to the purchases of each individual.
Apologising for this intrusion.