No. 102

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch
No. 106, 22nd August reporting on the results of the Land System in the
Colony of British Columbia.

I see no reason for interfering with the system at present pursued
though it is one which in case of any large increase in Immigration will
require careful watching.

I have to instruct you to take care that there is no neglect in
defining and recording carefully all rights of property as they are
acquired.

If any such neglect were allowed it would cause great embarrassment
to the settlers hereafter.