I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of
the
26th August enclosing an application from
Mr. G.H.W. Brown to be
allowed to lease a Coal Mine in
Vancouver Island under certain specified
conditions.
Since the fresh Land Ordinance, which you were desired to prepare
by my despatch No. 60 of the
17th October, will include regulations for
the lease or sale of Mineral Lands, the decision on
Mr. Brown's
application must be suspended until I shall have had an opportunity of
considering the proposed Ordinance.