No. 102

I have the honor to forward herewith to Your Grace copy of
a communication addressed to me by Mr Dallas, the Agent at
this place of the Hudsons Bay Company, upon the subject of the
affairs and position of the Company in connection with

the
Colony of British Columbia, and I also forward copy of my reply
to that communication.

2. I should not trouble Your Grace with this matter, not
exactly comprehending the precise practical object of Mr Dallas'
letter, did it not appear that he had forwarded a copy, and by
a Mail prior to my receipt of it, to the Directors of the
Hudson Bay Company for the purpose of being laid before Your
Grace. I therefore hasten by the earliest opportunity following
to place Your Grace in possession of

my reply.

3. From that reply, which contains but a plain recital of
facts, Your Grace will perceive that no just or sufficient
grounds exist for the complaints made by Mr Dallas, and that
so far from the Hudson's Bay Company having been treated with
injustice and disregard by this Government, they have on the
contrary been protected in an especial manner, and that
considerations have been afforded and allowances made them
which, I think, should merit a somewhat different acknowledgment

than that accorded by Mr Dallas.