I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th Instant accompanying the copy of a Despatch from Mr Adams, H.M. Chargé d'affaires in Peru, stating the substance of enquiries which had been made of him by British subjects residing in that country
who are desirous of settling in Vancouver's Island; and also the copy of a communication which Earl Grey has directed to be made to the Foreign Office in reference to those enquiries; —
In reply to which I beg to state that Earl Grey's commu-nicationcommunication
above mentioned is entirely satisfactory to the Directors of the
Hudson's Bay Company, who are of opinion that it would save much time
and greatly facilitate emigration from Peru if Mr Adams would undertake to receive payment for grants of land, and give certificates
of purchase to intending emigrants, on the production of which the
Company's Officers at Ft Victoria would (according to instructions to be sent from England) put the purchasers in possession of the quantity of land mentioned in the certificates.
Should this suggestion meet the approbation of Her Majesty's Government, I will lose no time in communicating with Mr Adams on the subject.