I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch
No. 18 of the
7 of February and to acquaint you that I am in communication with
the
Hudsons Bay Company on the subject of their claim to the lands and
buildings in their occupation in
British Columbia, and I trust that it
will soon be in my power
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to inform you of the decision which shall be
arrived at on this question.