No. 9

I have laid before The Queen the Ordinances noted in the margin

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which were forwarded in your Predecessor's despatch No. 9 of the 19th
of February last, and I am commanded to acquaint you that Her Majesty has been
pleased to confirm and allow them.

You will communicate Her Majesty's decision on these Ordinances to the
Inhabitants of British Columbia in the usual and most authentic manner.

The decision of The Queen on the Ordinance No. 3 of 1864 to
appropriate a sum of money to the service of the present year will be
communicated to you in another despatch. I think it right however to
point out to you that, inasmuch as a Legislative Council cannot be
considered to be a Parliament, the phrase "in Parliament assembled"
which occurs in the 1st paragraph of this Ordinance is incorrect, and
should be avoided in future legislation.