No. 98

I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 24th
September last No. 125 having reference to certain land in dispute
between the Colonial government and the Hudson Bay Company.

I transmit to you a copy of a report from the Colonial Land and
Emigration Commissioners from which you will learn that the Hudson
Bay Company have given orders to pay $1700 to the Colonial government
for the land at Beacon Hill Park sold by them in error, and for the
recovery of the small strip of land referred to by the Commissioners.

As regards Lot Z, I have to acquaint you that the decision
conveyed in Mr. Cardwell's despatch of the 14th August 1865 No. 39
must be adhered to.

You will already have perceived from my despatch of the 11th
May No. 23 that Her Majesty's Government have not considered
themselves entitled to require any modification of the deed of
Reconveyance of Vancouver Island with the object of avoiding the
sales of certain portion of foreshore referred to in the 5th
paragraph of the Report of certain public officers enclosed in
Governor Kennedy's despatch No. 81 of the 20th October 1866.