No. 44

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Grace's
despatch No 1 of the 2nd January in reference to Mr James
Cooper, Harbour Master at Esquimalt for the service of British
Columbia, and I beg to forward for

your Grace's information copy
of a communication I have received from that Officer on the
subject of his taking up his residence in British Columbia,
whither I had instructed him to proceed agreeable to the
directions contained in your Grace's above mentioned despatch.

2. Under the particular circumstances of Mr Cooper's case, I
have deemed it

advisable not to require him to remove from Esquimalt but
to await your Grace's express instructions with regard to this matter.