No. 21

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch,
No. 159, of the 10th December, in explanation of the expression of
 your belief that Mr. Cooper's statements as to the circumstances
attending his appointment were correct.

In reply I have to state to you that your explanation shows that
you were quite justified in the Knowledge which you expressed of Lord
 Lytton's original arrangement with Mr. Cooper when he went out to
British Columbia.