Leonard to Secretary of State

I have the honour to request you will be pleased to inform
me whether you will extend "the remission of purchase money of
land to Naval and Military Officers" to the Colony of
Vancouver's Island as I am desirous of emigrating there with a
numerous grown up family, and know from actual experience of the
Colony that without that assistance from Government it would be
impossible to succeed as a settler without a large capital.

I have to apologize for having trespassed on your time but
it is a matter of the greatest importance to me, and I have no
other means of obtaining the information.