Otway to Under-Secretary of State

I am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to request that you will
inform Earl Granville that a note has been received from the
Chargé d'Affaires of the North German Confederation
stating that Mr Mathew Trotter-Johnston has been appointed
Consul for the Confederation at Victoria, British Columbia and
requesting Her Majesty's Exequatur may be issued to that
gentleman to enable him to act in the above capacity, and I am
to request that you will move Lord Granville to inform Lord
Clarendon if there is any objection to the Issue of such
Exequatur to Mr Johnston, who is resident at Victoria.