Law to Sandford (Assistant Under-Secretary)

I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's
Treasury to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th
Instant, & its enclosures, respecting the case of Mr Young the
Acting Colonial Secretary at British Columbia.

I am to state for the information of Lord Granville that My
Lords have no objection to make to the proposal to sanction the
payment from the Colonial Treasury of the Passage money to this
Country of Mr Young & of his wife & children; but before taking
into consideration whether any gratuity should be granted to Mr
 Young in respect of the offices which he has held in Vancouver

& British Columbia, My Lords would be glad to be informed of the
circumstances which led to his being superseded after he had, as
stated in his letter of June 5 to Governor Seymour, been
appointed to the Office of Colonial Secretary to the United
Colony, & filled it apparently to the satisfaction of the Governor.

My Lords would also be glad to be informed whether Mr Young
held any appointment under the Colonial Office previous to that
of Colonial Secretary at Vancouver.