No. 23

In acknowledging receipt of your Despatch of the
2nd September 1858, No 3, transmitting to me the
Queens Revocation of the Crown Grant of the 30th May
1838, to the Hudson's Bay Company, in so far as relates
to the Territories comprized within the Colony of
British Columbia, I beg to acquaint you that the
necessary Proclamation upon this subject will be made
in the course of a few
days.