No. 21

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your
despatch No. 1 of the 12th of April last, in which you
authorize Mr Seymour to offer the Appointment of Colonial
Secretary of Honduras to Captain Holmes, R.A. in the event
of that Appointment becoming vacant by Mr Berkeley's acceptance
of the Lieutenant Government of St. Vincent.

2. In the absence of the Governor I immediately on the
receipt of this despatch communicated with Captain Holmes who,
as you are already aware from Mr Seymour's despatch No. 6 of
the 16th of May last, has been employed with the Surveyor
General in marking out the great line of road about to be
constructed from Quesnel Mouth, (the present terminus of the
waggon road) to the Cariboo Mines.

3. As the Governor's return to New Westminister is uncertain,
I have thought it better to forward Captain Holmes' acceptance
of the appointment without any further delay.