No. 20

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your
despatch No 15, of the 2nd
September,

apprizing me of
the appointment of Mr James Cooper, to the office of
Harbour Master of Esquimalt, at a Salary of £400 per
annum, to be defrayed out of the local revenues of
British Columbia, and that for reasons stated you had
left it to me to issue his Commission in such style as
I should think proper. I have to assure you in reply
that your instructions on that head will meet with
every attention and be fully carried into effect.