No. 81

I have had the honor to receive Your Grace's despatch No. 30 of
the 24th May respecting the probable working of the
Ordinance "to provide for the settlement of all outstanding
questions relating to the sale of land for taxes in Vancouver
Island."

2. I enclose a Report on the subject from the Acting Colonial
Secretary, the Chairman of the Board I appointed to carry out
the provisions of the law.

The question is a thoroughly unsatisfactory one, in which, once
taken up, it is better not to pause. I venture respectfully to
recommend the Ordinance for favorable consideration. Its
disallowance would throw things into still greater confusion
than they are in at present.