Separate

In compliance with the instructions contained in Your Despatch of the
7th July 1863, Separate, I have the honor to forward herewith to
Your Grace a draft of the conveyance to Trustees for the benefit of
the Incumbent of Christ's Church, and for the benefit of that Church,
and the Church of England established within the Colony, of the land
at Victoria known as the Church Reserve, in order that the same may
be submitted to the Lord Bishop of Columbia prior to its execution.

2. The persons proposed as Trustees are not described in the Deed,
as this matter had probably better be settled in England. For my own
part I think the Governor of the Colony, and the Bishop of the
Diocese are the two persons most suitable to hold the Trust.

3. There is also another point left unsettled which had also better
be arranged in England; and that is in whom shall be vested the right
of presentation to the living of Christ Church. As the grant of the
land may be viewed as a Crown endowment it may be urged that the
Crown should present the Living, but under all the circumstances of
the case, my own opinion would incline to leave it entirely in the
hands of the Bishop of the Diocese.

4. The section of ground set apart for a Cemetery is entirely
omitted from the annexed Conveyance. A portion of that ground has
been used exclusively by the Roman Catholic Church, and other portions
have been used by Christians of all denominations. In a short period
it will be found necessary for sanitary reasons to discontinue
interments, as the ground will be in the heart of the City. Under
these circumstances it therefore appears to me advisable that the
land should be included in the re-conveyance by the Hudsons Bay
Company of Lands to the Crown, and the Crown can then afterwards
either continue to hold it, or convey it in Trust as may hereafter be
found expedient.