With reference to 
M Herbert's letter of the 
14 instant,
               requesting that the Board of Customs may be directed to afford
               the usual privileges in the passing of 11 cases containing the
               personal effects of the late 
M Seymour, Governor of 
British
                  Columbia, I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her
               Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of the
               
Earl of Kimberley, that although Governors of Colonies are not
               entitled to any
sepcial
 special privilege with respect to the delivery
               in this country of their Baggage and Effects, My Lords have
               given directions to the Commissioners of Customs that every
               proper facility should be afforded in the clearing of the late
               
M Seymour's effects, and that, upon a specification of the
               contents of the Packages being furnished to the Custom House
               Officers, a portion only of the Packages will be opened and
               examined.