No. 4

I have the honor to inform you that Mr Walter Moberley
having resigned his seat as Member of the Legislative Council
for Cariboo West, I instructed the Magistrate of the District
 to call upon the Inhabitants to select a Representative to
fill the vacancy thus created.

2. Three candidates appeared to contest the election.
Doctor Black, who represented the district in the first Council,
Mr Evans, put forward by the Merchants of Victoria to advocate
Union of the Colonies, and Mr R. Smith, formerly a miner and now a Road Contractor. The latter Gentleman was selected by
a large majority.

3. I have therefore appointed Mr Robert Smith to be a
member of the Legislative Council, subject to your pleasure
until the 1st of June 1866.