I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's
letter of the 20th Instant, acquainting me that the Queen has
been pleased to approve of the appointment of Mr Richard BlanchardBlanshard to the office of Governor of Vancouvers Island.
As one of the Hudson's Bay Company's ships will be dispatched
for that Island in a short time I beg to be informed when Mr BlanchardBlanshard may have the honour of waiting on Your Lordship to receive his Commission and Instructions.
In reply to the last paragraph of your Lordship's letter, I beg to
assure you that it was not intended to make any claim on H.M.
Government; but on the other hand it is expected that H.M. Government
will make no claim on the Hudson's Bay Company either in the shape of
fees or any other payment, as in the event of such claim being made, I
should feel it my duty to protect against it, in order that it might not
be drawn into a precedent.