I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 92
of the 1st of December, enclosing a Petition addressed to me by the
Merchants, Traders and other residents in Victoria, Vancouver Island.
I have to request that you will inform the Memorialists that the
interests to which they advert will not fail to receive careful
consideration.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most Obedient Servant Edward Cardwell