With reference to your Despatch No. 41 of the
24th December last,
reporting the provisional appointment of Messrs.
Francis Jones Barnard
and
Amor de Cosmos to be Members of the Legislative Council of the
Colony of
British Columbia, I have to acquaint you that, having
submitted the name of Messrs.
Barnard and
Cosmos to
the Queen in
Council, Her Majesty has been pleased to approve their appointment.
I transmit to you herewith a Warrant, under the Royal Sign Manual,
authorizing you to appoint those Gentlemen to seats in that Council
accordingly.