Separate

The instructions which will be issued to you as Governor of British
Columbia will contain the usual Clause prohibiting you from absenting
yourself from the Colony without leave previously obtained from Her
Majesty direct or through one of Her Principal Secretaries of State.

Since however you may find it convenient to be able to visit the
neighbouring Colony of Vancouver Island as occasion may demand, I have
the honor to convey to you Her Majesty's permission for doing so.

The duration of any one visit of this description is left to your
discretion, but it will be necessary that your absence from your post
without previous leave from home should not exceed four weeks in the
year in all, and that each absence should be regularly reported to this
office.