I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch,
No. 159, of the
10th December, in explanation of the expression of
your belief that
Mr. Cooper's statements as to the circumstances
attending his appointment were correct.
In reply I have to state to you that your explanation
shows shows that
you were quite justified in the Knowledge which you expressed of
Lord
Lytton's original arrangement with
Mr. Cooper when he went out to
British Columbia.