I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 5
of the
24th of January enclosing a copy of the Speech with which you
opened the Session of the Legislative Council on the
18th of January
together with a copy of the Address
of![Manuscript image Manuscript image](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~coldesp/jpg_scans/jpg_thumbnail/rg7_g8c_13/rg7_g8c_13_00054v.jpg)
of the Council in reply to it.