No. 21

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 6
dated 9 Feb. enclosing copy of correspondence which has passed between
Lord Lisgar and yourself respecting the compensation to be awarded to
 Officers now in the service of British Columbia, whose interests may be affected by the Union
of that Colony and the Dominion of Canada and informing me of the
recommendation of the Committee of the Privy Council of Canada that you
should receive six months salary in consideration of the loss and
inconvenience you will suffer in consequence of the abolition of your
Office.

I have much pleasure in authorizing you to accept the offer thus
made to you by the Government of Canada.