Hammond to Under-Secretary of State

With reference to our letter of the 20th Instant, I am
directed by Lord Stanley to request that you will state to the
Duke of Buckingham that His Lordship will forward to Her
Majesty's Minister at Washington copies of the correspondence
communicated in your letter, and which has passed between the
Colonial office and Messr Sproat, regarding the extension to
British Columbia of the Provisions of the Reciprocity Treaty if
renewed.