Fraser to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

In the absence of the Deputy Governor of the Hudsons Bay
Company, I have the honor of acknowledging the receipt of
your letter to him of the 9th
Instant,

enclosing a copy of the Instrument under the Royal Sign Manual, revoking
the Royal Grant to the Hudsons Bay Company of the 30th May 1838, for
exclusive Trading with the Indians, in as far as the same embraces the
Territories comprised within the Colony of British Columbia.