No. 42

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 14
of the 4th of June, accompanied by an Ordinance passed by the
Legislature of British Columbia in the month of May last, and entitled
No. 14 "An Ordinance for regulating the Postal Service."

I have laid this Ordinance before the Queen, and I am commanded to
acquaint you that Her Majesty has been pleased to confirm and allow it.

You will communicate Her Majesty's decision to the Inhabitants of
the Colony in the usual manner.