No. 21

I have had the honor to receive your despatch of the 27th November
last No 34 reporting the Proclamation of the Act of Parliament
providing for the Government of British Columbia, and the installation
of the Public officers. I approve the steps which you have taken for this purpose.

I have communicated to the Hudsons Bay Company the fact, which you
also announce, of the promulgation of the Revocation, on the 3d of
November last, of the License to the Company for exclusive trading with
the Indians, in so far as the same applies to the territories comprised
in British Columbia.