Colonial Despatches

I have had the honor to receive Your Grace's despatch No. 17 of the 19th March 1868, in which, with reference to the appointment of Mr CharlesGood Good as Assistant Colonial Secretary, you enquire the cause of the frequent absences of Mr Young which render such an appointment in my opinion desirable.

2. While the question of the Seat of Government was still unsettled, it was necessary to keep a certain number of Public Officers both in New Westminster and in Victoria. Mr Young who has been very long residentin in the latter town, I generally kept down here in Victoria and used Mr Good to sign the official letters at the former. Now, that I have settled on Victoria as the Capital, nearly the whole staff of Government Officers will be centered here and the change in Mr Good's official designation will be of less importance. It is a change in designation merely, as he gets no increaseof of emoluments and establishes no claim to promotion.