I am directed by the 
Board of Trade to acknowledge the receipt
               of your letter of the 
3 Instant inclosing a transcript,
               herein returned, of an Act passed by the Legislature of 
British
                  Columbia entitled "An Act to prevent desertion from Merchant
               Ships" together with a copy of the report of the local
Attorney
 Attorney
               General thereupon, and I am to state for the information of the
               
Earl of Kimberley that this Board see no reason why this Act
               should not be allowed to remain in operation.