Anderson, Fraser and Sproat to Secretary of State

We are instructed to enclose for your Grace's consideration
the Memorial herewith sent on the subject of the selection of a
Seat of Government for British Columbia.

The Memorial was signed at a meeting of gentlemen largely
interested in the Colony, and many more signatures could have been
easily obtained, had the preparation of such a memorial been
announced by advertisement.

It is not intended to ask your Grace to receive a Deputation
in support of the Memorial; the matter is rather pressing as to
time, and it is hoped that the respectability and importance of
the signatures to the memorial will recommend it to Your Grace's
favourable consideration.