No. 29

I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 33 of the
22nd of March last, relative to the management of the North Western
Territories of British North America.

No apology was needed

from you for the fulness with which you have
entered into this question. On the contrary I feel indebted to you for
putting me in possession of views on your part which are so
comprehensive, and evidently founded on much well-informed consideration
of the subject.

Without at present expressing any opinion of my own on the several
points to be dealt with, I shall be glad to be informed from what
authority the Map which you annex is traced, as the boundaries of the
Chartered Territory appear to be more limited than those which are
claimed by the Hudson's Bay Company.