Smith to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am directed by the Governor and Committee of the Hudson's Bay
Company to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th
Ultimo, transmitting, by direction of Lord Stanley, a copy of a
Despatch from the Governor of Vancouver's Island, and stating
that his Lordship would be glad to be informed whether the
Governor and Committee had made any proposal to Governor Douglas
in reference to the Salary to be paid to Mr Cameron as Chief
Justice of that Island.

In reply I am directed to forward herewith an Extract of a
letter addressed by the Company to Governor Douglas upon this
subject on the 20th November last.