No. 36

I have the honor to forward to Your Lordship a Copy of a
Resolution transmitted to me by the Legislative Council
respecting the Island of San Juan.

2. I cannot add anything to the knowledge which Your Lordship
already possesses with regard to the disputed possession of this
Island. Intrinsically it is worth little to anyone; but to the
United States it is valueless, except for a purpose hostile to
British Columbia as the means of almost completely controlling
the navigation of the Straits of San Juan and the Gulf of
Georgia, to, and from, the Fraser River.