No. 7

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 43
dated the 10th June last, enclosing a Memorial addressed to my
 Predecessor by the Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island praying that
 certain clauses in British Columbia Customs Duties Ordinance No. 3 of
1865 may be disallowed by Her Majesty's Government.

I have to request you to inform the Memorialists that the Governor
of British Columbia has been apprised by a recent despatch that Her
Majesty will not be advised to confirm the Ordinance No. 3 of the 1865
in its present form; although the matter will cease to be of importance
to the inhabitants of Victoria when the Island and the Mainland form
part of the same Colony.