I am directed by Mr. Secretary Cardwell to transmit to you a copy
of a despatch from the Governor of Vancouver Island enclosing a
correspondence that has passed between yourself and Mr. Kennedy
respecting the claim made by his Government to be reimbursed the cost of
conveying the Mails of British Columbia from San Francisco to New
Westminster, and I am to request that you will favour Mr. Cardwell with
any observations that you may have to make upon the subject.