No. 8

I have the honor to forward herewith to Your Grace copy of
a letter I have received from Mr George Hunter Cary, Attorney
General for this Colony, tendering the resignation of that
appointment, with a view to obtaining confirmation in the
appointment of Attorney General for Vancouver's Island.

2. Your Grace is aware that there is no Attorney General
appointed by Her Majesty's Government for Vancouver's Island,
and that I have therefore been necessitated to avail myself
of the services of Mr Cary—services which have ever been
most cheerfully rendered, and, hitherto, altogether gratuitously—and
I can scarcely express how much I feel indebted to Mr Cary for his valuable aid both as a Member of the Legislature
and as an Adviser to the Government.

3. Your Grace will observe that Mr Cary expresses his
readiness to continue the performance of the duties of Attorney
General for British Columbia until a Successor is appointed,
and I would therefore ask Your Grace to select another
Gentleman to fill that most responsible position in British Columbia, and to secure the services of Mr Cary for Vancouver's Island by confirming the Acting Appointment I have given him.

4. A Salary of Four Hundred pounds (£400) per annum has been
voted by the Legislature of Vancouver's Island for the Attorney
General, subject however to the condition that it shall not be
payable out of the General Revenue of the Colony (i.e. the
Revenue apart from the proceeds of Land Sales) until the public
Lands of the Colony shall be placed under the control of the
Legislature. Mr Cary is of course aware of this condition,
and in accepting the appointment perfectly understands that
he will be subject to it.

5. I need scarcely add that Mr Cary is a gentleman of high
attainments, and good judgement, and would be found a most
valuable and useful servant to any Government.