No. 51

With reference to the letter addressed to you by direction of the
Secretary of State on the 10th of February last, relative to the
proposed construction of a Line of Telegraph across British Columbia in
connection with Russia and the United States, I have the honor to
transmit to you for your information, a copy of a Despatch on the
subject from the British Charge d'Affaires at the Court of St.
Petersburgh.