Kennedy to Newcastle

I have the honor to request Your Graces instruction, and decision, on
the Subject of the Governors residence in "Vancouver Island."

I am informed that there is no "Government House," that occupied by
Sir James Douglas, being his own private property.

Under these circumstances I should suggest that I might be authorized
to procure a plan for a new Government House, to be submitted for
Your Graces approval before I leave England, and obtain the necessary
sanction from the local Legislature on arrival in Vancouver Island.

I have learned that there will be difficulty, and considerable
expence, in obtaining temporary accommodation of any kind. It would
obviate delay and correspondence if I were in possession of Your
Graces opinion as to the most convenient course to adopt pending the
erection of a permanent Residence.