We were honored with your Lordships command contained in Mr
Hawe's letter of the 30th Ultimo in which he stated that he was
directed by your Lordship to transmit to us drafts of a Commission and
Instructions which it is proposed to issue to Richard Blanshard Esquire whom The Queen has been pleased to appoint to be Governor and Commander
in Chief in and over the Island  of Vancouver and its Dependencies; and he was to request that we would take these Instructions into our
consideration and report to your Lordship whether we saw any objection
to them in point of law.
In obedience to your Lordship's command we have taken the
Instructions into our consideration and have the honor to report that in
our opinion the same are free from objection