No. 49

I have the honor to forward an Authenticated and two
plain Copies of an Ordinance of the recent Session of the
Legislature of this Colony, entitled;

No. 5. An Ordinance to encourage the construction of
a Line of Telegraph, connecting the Telegraphs of British
Columbia with the Telegraph Lines of Russia, the United
States and other Countries, and for other purposes.

I add the Report of the Attorney General.

2. This Act was introduced by my direction to carry out
the terms offered to the Collins Telegraph Company in Sir
Frederick Roger's letter to Mr Collins of 14th January
1864. The Company not being represented in the Colony at
the time of the passing of the Ordinance, certain alterations
were made in the Bill during its discussion in the House,
but the Ordinances No. 18 of the 3rd of April, and No. 28
of the 11th of April,

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give further aid to the Collins
Telegraph Company, and places them in a position with which
they are satisfied.