No. 23

I have the honor to forward to Your Lordship the usual printed
copies of an Act passed by the Legislative Council entitled—

An Act to encourage the introduction into British Columbia of
Thomson's Patent Road Steamers

and I enclose a Report from the Attorney General.

2. I see no objection to this measure; which affords but very
limited favor and protection to the projectors of a spirited and
expensive enterprise, that if successful, will be most
beneficial to the whole community in lessening the cost of
transport and cheapening supplies of all kinds to the mining
Camps and residents in the interior of the Colony.