No. 30

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No 3
of the 5th of September last transmitting a Report of the
Commissioners of the Customs, on the complaint of Mr Robert Swanston,
and I am glad to learn that they are of opinion that the proceedings of
Collector Sangster have been justified and that Mr Swanston's
complaint is fully and satisfactorily answered.

I have according to your instructions directed the attention of
Collector Sangster to the advice offered by the Commissioners of the
Customs, as to the course he should pursue, in future in all disputes or
application for relief in similar cases.

I shall also carefully attend to your instructions in respect to
sending home Memorials or representations addressed to the Secretary of
State by any inhabitant of Vancouvers Island.