No. 141

I have duly received your Despatch of the 12th February
last No 22, expressing to me the satisfaction of Her Majesty's
Government at the tranquillity prevailing in the Colony of British
Columbia, and commending the efforts I have made to avoid drawing
upon the Imperial Treasury for the expenses of the Colony.

2. I need not say how gratifying is this approval to me.
Her Majesty's Government may rest assured that I will not relax
in the application of the most rigid economy to the public affairs
of the Colony, and I doubt not that, apart from the expenses
incurred by the Detachments of Royal Engineers and Royal Marines,
we shall continue to be able to meet the other expenses of the
Colony, and that ultimately British Columbia will be able to
repay the Advances made to her by the Mother Country.