Grafton to Elliot(Assistant Under-Secretary)

I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th Ultimo, with its enclosed Proclamation by the Governor of
British Columbia substituting for a remission in the purchase
money of land grants of a fixed extent in the case of Naval
and Military Officers.

In reply I am to request that you will acquaint the
Duke of Newcastle that Earl de Grey concurs in His Grace's
proposal to sanction this measure.