No. 74

Referring to my despatch No. 45, of the 14th May, I have the
honor to forward to Your Grace Copy of a Motion which was made
in the Legislative Council by Mr De Cosmos in favour of an
Address to Her Majesty on the subject of confederation with the
Dominion of Canada. This Motion Your Grace will see was lost.

2. There is however a feeling with many persons in this Colony
that the best hopes of its progress are to be found in an
intimate Union with Canada. The difficulties however appear to
me to be, in the present state of things, almost insuperable and
the advantages remote. Confederation would however probably
attract greater attention to this Colony than it now receives in
England.