Separate

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch
No. 5 of the 2nd of February last, reporting the inauguration of
the representative system of Government in British Columbia, and
the election under the authority of Her Majesty's Order in Council
of the 11th of June 1863 of five unofficial Members of the
Legislative Council.

I have to express my approval of the manner in which you have
carried this measure into effect, and I have learned with much
pleasure that the result has been satisfactory both to yourself and
to the people of the Colony.