Archbishop of Canterbury to Lytton

I trust that the duty what seems to devolve upon me from
my situation in the Church will be deemed sufficient excuse for
my troubling you with my present communication.

It appears that the discovery of gold fields in Vancouver's
island is already filling that country with a miscellaneous
collection
of immigrants, & that it is likely in a very short time to
contain a large population.

What I venture to suggest is, that the same course should be
followed there which has been so advantageously practised in
Australia; & 
that Government in parcelling out the
country should reserve certain portions of land for the purpose
of endowing those religious bodies who it is to be hoped &
expected will soon follow the increasing population.

In the
Australian colonies it has been usual I understand, to set apart
certain reserves of 640 acres for the formation of villages. If
a fourth part of such reserves was appropriated to the future
maintenance of ministers of religion, a foundation would be laid
for the prevention of some of those evils which may naturally be
apprehended from such a population as collect together.

I beg to apologize for a suggestion which perhaps has been
already anticipated 
in the Colonial Office, & have the honor to be