Gendarme to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I have laid before the Postmaster General your letter of the
23rd Inst, enclosing copies of two despatches from the Governor
of British Columbia, in which he expresses the acquiescence of
the Colony in the arrangements proposed by this Department in
August 1867 for the improvement of the postal communication
between the United Kingdom and British Columbia by way of the
United States.

I am to request that you will state to the Duke of Buckingham
and Chandos that immediately on receipt of your letter of the
12th August last, enclosing a telegraphic message from Governor
Seymour on this subject, steps were taken by this Department for
carrying the proposed arrangements into effect, and that a
Treasury Warrant (12 copies enclosed) has been issued fixing the
postage on letters between the United Kingdom and British
Columbia at one shilling the half ounce, such rate to include
the entire postage from the place of posting to the place of
delivery.

The Postmaster General of British Columbia was informed by a
letter from this office dated the 2nd Inst. that the new
arrangments would commence on the 1st October next.