No. 177

I have duly received your Despatch No 38 of the 24th March
in reference to the Reverend W.B. Crickmer.

2. I have observed your remarks concerning Mr Crickmer's
appointment and beg to inform you that neither Mr Crickmer nor
Mr Gammage have received any promise of remuneration or other
privileges,
nor have I assigned to Mr Crickmer any seniority of position.

3. I have made no permanent arrangements in regard to
Ecclesiastical matters, having referred all questions of that nature to
the period of the Bishop's arrival in British Columbia.