No. 8

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 46
of the 26th June enclosing a Memorial addressed to my Predecessor by the
 Legislative Council of Vancouver Island, praying that the British Columbia Ordinance No. 3 of 1865 may be disallowed.

I have in reply to refer you to my despatch No. 7 of today's date
from which you will learn that that ordinance will not be submitted for
Her Majesty's Confirmation in its present form.