No. 44

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 55
of the 20th of August reporting that you had appointed Major Foster to
be Magistrate for the Sooke District at a salary of $1,750, in the room,
I presume, of Mr. Hughes, deceased.

Assuming that you have the means at your disposal for paying this
salary, I have to convey to you my sanction for the appointment.