No. 130

The Legislative Council having expired by the efflux of time, I
beg leave to report that I have reconstituted the Legislature in
the following manner.

2. In obedience to Her Majesty's Commands I have appointed the
Officers lawfully acting for the time being as Colonial
Secretary, Mr William A.G. Young; The Attorney General,
Mr Crease; The Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, Mr
Trutch; and the Collector of Customs, Mr Hamley.

3. The Situation of Treasurer being abolished I have placed the
Postmaster General Mr Arthur Bushby among the Official
Members. His appointment will give general satisfaction on
account of his own personal qualifications, and his knowledge on
Postal Matters will probably be valuable during the Session.

4. To the Magisterial Seats I have nominated:

1. Mr Edward Graham Alston, Registrar of Titles in
Victoria. A Member of the English bar.

2. Mr Henry Maynard Ball, Police Magistrate of New
Westminster.

3. Mr Henry Holbrook, President of the Municipal Council of
New Westminster.

4. Mr Peter O'Reilly, Gold Commissioner for the Yale and
Kootenay District.

5. Mr Augustus Frederick Pemberton, Police Magistrate of
Victoria.

6. Mr Edward Howard Sanders, Police Magistrate of Lillooet.

7. Mr George Anthony Walkem, a barrister, to look after the
interests of Cariboo, a distinction to which he has on previous
occasions been raised, three times, by the votes of the Miners.
I find it impossible to dispense with the Active Services of the
Salaried Magistrate Mr Brew from our principal Gold Mine.

8. Mr Thomas Lett Wood, late Attorney General of
Vancouver Island, fills a place at the Council Board.

5. Thus Your Grace will see that I am gradually enlarging the
popular representation in the Legislature. Mr Holbrook,
Mr Walkem, and Mr Wood are in no way connected with the
Government and will be free to vote in every matter as they please.

6. The undermentioned Gentlemen will have been selected by the
people and, I need not say, accepted by me.

1. Mr William Weir Carroll, from Cariboo.

2. Mr John C. Davie for the Victoria District.

3. Mr Edgar Dewdney for Kootenay.

4. Mr Montague William Tyrwhitt Drake for Victoria City.

5. Mr Henry Havelock, for Yale.

6. Mr John Sebastian Helmcken for Victoria City.

7. Mr Thomas Humphreys for Lillooet.

8. Mr David Babbington Ring, for Nanaimo.

9. Mr John Robson, for New Westminster.

7. Your Grace will observe that I have placed the names
alphabetically.

8. Though the unofficial members number twelve, while the
Salaried supporters of the Government are but ten, I have
no doubt but that matters will progress satisfactorily.

9. I am not personally acquainted with all the Gentlemen chosen
by the people, but I believe the Common opinion to be that the
new Legislature is as satisfactory in every respect as we can
expect to possess under the present constitution.

10. I have called the Council together for the despatch of
business on the 17th of this month.

11. The Appointments are made to continue in force until the
first of August 1871. I beg to recommend them for Your Grace's
favorable consideration.