No. 25

You will have observed that the Letters Patent which appoints you
to be Governor of British Columbia contemplates the appointment also of
a "Lieutenant Governor" or other Officer commissioned by Her Majesty to
administer the Government of the Colony in the event of your "Death,
incapacity, removal, or absence, from the said Colony."

The position and experience of Colonel Moody point him out as the most fitting person to hold the dormant Commission of Lieutenant
Governor, and I have, accordingly, advised Her Majesty to confer that appointment upon him.

I enclose for your information Copy of the Commission which has
been given to Colonel Moody.