Barfield to Buckingham

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Copies of a
Despatch from Governor Seymour to Lord Carnarvon, and Report from the
late Surveyor General of the Island of Vancouver, transmitted to me
by your Grace's direction on the 16th ultimo.

Will you allow me now to enquire whether I may correctly assume
that the Deed of Conveyance of the Island to the Crown has been
forwarded to the Colony, and whether the Governor alone is now in a
position to make terms with, and execute a grant to, the parties
interested?

From the tenor of Governor Seymour's despatch it would appear
that he intends to make himself better acquainted with the Island and
its affairs generally, the result of which he will probably
communicate to your Grace, and so soon as his further Report upon my
application of the 7th of December last has been received, I shall
feel much obliged by a definite reply to the enquiries I was desired
to make by the Gentlemen whose object is to develope the resources of
the District of Koskeemo previously referred to.