King to Under-Secretary of State

In reply to your letter of 14th inst. informing me that my
name is recorded on [the] list of Candidates for Employment in
Vancouvers Island, and in returning my most sincere thanks to
the Right Honourable The Secretary for the Colonies for the honor
and favor he has thereby conferred upon me, I beg respectfully
to intimate that upon Receipt of the above mentioned letter I
gave notice of my intention to resign my present appointment and
I am prepared to leave England at the shortest notice, and
should the services of
an efficient body of Police
be required I could without any difficulty procure them.