Smith to Under-Secretary of State

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the
7th instant, requesting that a Bag of Books for the Governor of
Vancouver's Island sent therewith, may be forwarded to its destination
by the first vessel which the Hudson's Bay Company may despatch to that
Island.

The Governor and Committee direct me to inform you that they will
be happy to take charge of the bag, but they think it necessary to state
that it is not likely that the Company will despatch any vessel to
Vancouver's Island before the summer of 1858.