Lugard to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am directed, by Earl de Grey and Ripon, to acquaint
you, for the information of the Secretary of State for
the Colonies, that a letter was addressed on the 29th
January last to the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia,
of which a copy is herewith enclosed, to which no reply has
been received and I am to request that you will move His
Grace the Duke of Newcastle to give such directions, to the
 Lieutenant Governor, as he may think proper with a view to
insure his prompt attention to the subject referred to in
the above letter.