No. 15

I have the honor to forward an Authenticated and two plain
copies of an Act of the recent Session of the Legislative Council
of this Colony, Entitled;

An Ordinance for the relief of certain Naval and Military Settlers.

I add the report of the Attorney General.

2. The bill which has now become Law was laid by me before
the Legislative Council in obedience to the instructions conveyed
in Your Grace's despatch No. 3 of 29th Feby 1864.

4. [3.] As it was possible that some Naval Officers
might be in a similar position to that of Captain Houghton, referred
to in Your Grace's despatch, the Act has been made to protect Naval
as well as Military Settlers.