No. 156

I have had the honor to receive Your Grace's despatch No. 23
of the 11th May enclosing the deed of for [sic] the conveyance
of Vancouver Island to the Crown which has been executed by the
Hudson's Bay Company under their Corporate Seal.

2. Your Grace likewise encloses the original letters patent
dated the 13th January 1849, granting the Island to the Company
and directs me to cause these documents to be duly registered here
and returned to Your Grace.

3. I forward an official report from the Attorney General
on the necessity of retaining the original deeds in the Colony
and shall await Your Grace's further instructions in the matter.