No. 36

I have the honour to inform Your Grace that I caused Writs to be
issued on the 13th of July last for the election of Representatives
to serve in the House of Assembly, the said Writs being made
returnable on the 18th day of August Instant.

2. The Elections have since taken place, and the following is a list
of the persons elected and of the several Electoral Districts for
which they have been returned.

City of Victoria District William A.G. Young, Colonial

Secretary

Alexander [Amor] De Cosmos

J.W. Powell, M.D.

Joseph Ridge

Victoria District James Trimble, M.D.

Edward H. Jackson

William F. Tolmie, M.D.

Esquimalt Town District George F. Foster

Esquimalt & Metchosin John S. Helmcken

District Robert Burnaby

Nanaimo District Charles A. Bayley

Saanich District Charles Street

Lake District James Duncan

Sooke District James Carswell

Salt Spring Island

and Chemainus District John T. Pidwell

3. Mr Young, the Colonial Secretary, presented himself with my
sanction as a Candidate for the City of Victoria and was returned at
the head of the Poll, a Compliment at once to his own Personal
Qualities and manifesting the strong interest felt by the public in
placing a Member of the Government in the House. The character of
the other Members is highly respectable and with few exceptions their
political views are conservative.

4. Parliament now stands convened for the second day of September
next when it will meet for the transaction of business.