No. 11

I have the honor to transmit to you copies of a correspondence with
the Patent Office, from which you will learn that at the request of Mr.
E.G. Alston, the Registrar General of Van Couver Island, the
Commissioners of Patents have presented a complete set of their
Publications to the Colonial Government.

You will perceive from Mr. Alston's letter, a copy of which
accompanies this despatch, that he applied for the Works of the
Mechanics Institute, of which he is the honorary Secretary, but as the
Commissioners have given them to the local Government, it will rest with
that Government to determine whether or not they shall be deposited
there. But if it is decided that the works shall be placed in the
Institute it should be clearly understood that they remain the property
of the Colonial Government.

I have to request that you will communicate a copy of the despatch
to Mr. Alston who has left this Country Van Couver Island.

The Crown Agents will be directed to forward the Publications
to you by the first opportunity.