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Tata o >elure, I A 3 32X 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 T. I wmm mo DESPATCHES. (^ivcriiini'nl IIoiuc, ") VicKirin, 121I1 D"ct.ii)l)iT, 18Gr). )' Til llii- U'liioruh'e, Ih- ,Sii,-iik'-r and .Uanhir.:! of the Lijix'.illrn AiHi'.iiihhi. (;i:n r:.i'Mi:N — I Imvc ilio liorinr to nckiinw- [•■•ij^'llH- w-i \\M ..fan Ail.ii-i'.-<.-< Iroiii the i,i';.'is- ! itivi' A.-s. inlny |iiiiviti^ lliii' I vvoiil.l l.iy t; al Id .■iv C'lirJ.vi'll in n-tcnT.re ti) I'll' I'lii'iii !;-so!ii!io?is wLicli piisitMl ilio il(lll>H ill J ihlll'I'V l;,>t.'' Witii t:i." iii>Hi I'ani.st d"sirc> to iikh t ilie ■,vi.slio« (,f ilu' L.'Lrisl.Uive Assi-iubly una art'ord il.ctiil!c.-=t Jnfi)i-iUHliiin on lli^.^.- :sui'jin:ts, 1 re-, rri-t till!, I ii:n iii-i'i'l iiici] from coin|ilyii)i;- willi 'he cuiiiliii.ihs 01 llioir Adiln-r-s wiUmnt Uie suiction 01 ll-- M,j..sty's .SeiM't-iiuy of StiUo lur the Coloai.v-; prcvjon-ily ohiiiincil. 1 now upon loy own i-esponsiliiiiiy lay liclore "le I!on.;f cxii-acis (;t Despnioli'.'s* "ti-aiismiucil oy 1110 on llu' Mil Jc't ot llii' Crown :..uiils of s'aiutonvtr J,|an.J rcl.itinir to tlic in iUci-k trt-iUi'd nf in iht' I) ■.■;niitcli of IJcr Majusiy's .Sccreiiiry of .Smtf ii'i'L'iiiiy l;ii<] before llie lloiise ; lint ihe |iroilui:lion of U'spaiches addressed by nie 10 Hir Miijestv's Seereliuy of Stme on the sub. ji ct of tiie ••L'liion ivesolutions' either in whole or III |nu't bef lie 1 imd received "replies thereto would be 11 inmiilest breach of dnty luiil wliolly witluinr jirecedent. The ol jeel of the Lojfisliitivo Assembly in i!.e luvsi'iit i!ist;-.iie- will be probiibly iittnined '■y my sialire U:at in iiddres.-iiiir Hir Majesty's Siereiaiv ..| Siate in .M ireli, l?i;:), I expressed my d. -liber lie couvielion that the fnion of 'li'se Ocibmii's would be eondnsive to the best ifitirests ot both, mid my earnest desire thiit It shonlil in- eoiisniiiinatid. .\!v siibs! ijiictit expiriciue hiivinf; forlilied that coh\ieiioii aiid eentinient, 1 continue to be firmly of opinion that, the Oidonies ot IJritish rolninbia ai,.l Vaueoiiver Isliiiid should be united, ai.d that th'. riiioti of them would be an important me ins of securing their subc-tiiiis :iiil propr^.-s iiml prosiieritv. I have the honor to be, Gonili-nien, Voiir niii.t obedient servant. A. K. KENNEDY, Governor. [copy.] Vancoiveu Island, No, 10. Victoria, 2nd Fcb.-uary, ISGo. Stli: — I. I hava deferred replyinff to your prede* , erssor's I)es[iatcli, No. 5, ICth March, 18G4, in ; the hope that the local Legislature would ac- .'pt the administration of Crown Lands and *N 1. 10, 2iiil Kcl.nutry, l^itli April, ISfio. 18G5, anil cncliiBiireK ; No, '.'S, thii.^ enable me to adjust this and oth5rcompli' fated f|nistions coniiecti'il therewith, without troiiblinir you with their details. * * " * * * * ;J "i, I may stale ,'it once that I have not com, plied wi'li the instruction conveyed in thecoii^ clndiiiir pararrrapii of the l)esp.iicti nniier reply, namely, ''to ^'ive Mr. Lowenber;,' a valid title to the land in riuestion," tor tlie simple reason tliat I have no siieh [lower till the re-coiivpy- nnce nf the public lands by the Hudson I3ay ('rimiiaiiy to the Crov/n has been completfd ^'.nd this lias not been vet done, and may 1 fear in thj present temper of the Letjisbitive Assembly bo in Iflinitely d.dayed. In Ihe mean time Mr. Lnwenbergf sulfers no serious inconvenience, ina-mucii as ho has fenced in the disputed lot known as letter Z, and exercises the rights of ownersliip over it, which I have not in any way disputed. 4 Tile reocipt of the Despatch under reply necessarily caiijed mo to make nivself acquaints ed with the clesails of this dispute, ami I am of opinion that had the circumstances as they pre-ient th"nis"lves to my mind been fully Known to the Hudson li ly Company tln-y would not liavo san"lioned the action of tlieir Aj^'ent in the sale of this lot. 5. You will <;ather from the accornpanjMng pariers* and others to which reference is raarie, that a [liece of land containiiifj ten acres (lot 2'l-, section 18.) was surveyed in 18iJ4, and set aside as a Gtivernment Ilcserve by the tlaeti (Jovernnr, wlio had full powers from the Hud- son Bay Company so to do. This lot was in consequence of the sale by mistake of a part of the ten acres, re-surveyed by the same Sur- veyor Cieneral in 1858, and the same quantity, ten aer^s. included, thous^h differing in shape. 6. [t is on record tliat Imili these surveys were reported to the Hudson I5ay (Jompany, and the quantity contained in the llojerre stated as ten acirs. The Surveyor General states (and F think quite correctly) th:it the rifrht of the HuiNon Bay Company over this Reserve ceased when it was finally surveyed and dedicatf'd as a Reserve in 1858. 7. It is admitted b3- .Mr. Mactavish, in a let- ter dated 21st January, ISGJ, that the lot "Crovernment IJuildinfrs'' contained ten eicreB. (See Blue Book, page 59) 8. ')n the faith of this survey, admitted by the Hudson Bay Company and approved by their then Agent fXIr. Douglas), the Govera- raont Buildings, comprising five separate edifl" ces, namely, .Main Offices, Treasury, Land Office, House of Assembly and Court House, were erected at a cost of about £8000, bounded by the water to the front and by a public street in the rear 9. In the spring of 1861 the Agent of the Hudson Bay Company, * * laid off and sold the portion of the ten acre Reserve mark* ed Z on the accompanying sketch, thus cutting *Memoraiii\uni of Oovornor Ivonnecfy, 6tti .Inly, 1864; (liierii'S of ilovia-iiur KeiuieMy unit io|ilies of j-uwe.vi r (ion Till, ntli .liino. 18154 ; Attorney (ieneral, llitli July. 181)4; Acting .^urvoyor Oeuenil, li^tFetiruary , 1866. 2] o(T iiU ingress a:ul i'ij;n'ss lo tlio rciir of thu public luulJitiKS mil' ii'iiilcriiij; lliein foii)p:irii' tufiy ViUiit'lfc-ss. The flovi rmnciil lloservu b(i- i;i),' iinfoiicfil, tUc Surwujr (Jnicrivl lii\il no U'iou-|i;(l>;c ot Hub Iriuisiutum lill ,I,iiiiiiiry,lHi>'J. 1(1. 'I'lio iiccDiiiiiiuiviiiti piiptTS niimcil iii the niiirtjiii will tiiiilifi' I'liicidUi' tlif nuitU'r. II. I wuuld stiitf ill ciHicliisioii Hint. Ilu- iili- ilraclion ol tlic pie'o of \nud nimki'd h "ti-- /, troui '.he Ki'Srrvi' rundir.-; ihe |)iitilii.' luiiUlinj,'!) Hii'l the grouiul on wiiicli llicy .-land I'oinpai:'.- nvidy v.ihiolfss, and it onjilit to In- iciiiiucd I V llie Gi'ovvii liy piinliHso or otluT ii\r;in.~, it' ;iii>sale to Mr. l,owfnlic rjr i-'^ I'pld valid. I'i. It is allfiri'il by till' Attoniry (iiMural (in lis l<;tti>r 13tli July,'l.''iJ4,) that .Mr. l.owciilieiK kiicir his title v,-;is que.-;lioiial)li', and tlint an uniLSiial rovi'nant for ^'oimI tilli' was llnri'ture nditaintd in ill" lietd of sale. 13. The iifile of this piet-i! of land ( lut /.) is rejTjrded by tlie public m'lu-rally with tiicat indignation, and by the Li'!.'islativc A.^.-'onibly i.s tinwarraiitabli'. (Vide Rosoliitions '-Till Jiuif, 1804, herewith, No. 1 .'i ) 14. It id an unworthy ami will oontinU'> to be a bitter oause of quarrel between a jjreat Conipany and the local (Jovernmont, and eoiihi I think be readily adjusted and a great ileal of bitterness alhiyed by it~' transfer to the lotal (lovernuieiit on paving the original anionnt of purchase money if the Coniiiany desire it. bill, on whatever terinii, it ought in luy biiiiible ojiinion, as a matter of bono.' «nd eiinity, to be rellnqilij^heii by the Hudson Ibiy ("on.pany. 1."). I could enlarge upon this subject consid' eribly, but I think I h.ive stated enough to en- able you to form an opinion on the merits of the case. 16. This que.stion I may state stand.' by it- Bclf and may be a.ljii.sled without reference lo other causes of dillVrciice- 17. 1 may add that in a conversati mi with the resident" Chief Factor of the Hudson Kay Oomiiany, I many monlbs ago suggested this mode of adjusting a question which w:is a cause of bitter contention i oth in and out of the Legislative Assembly. 1 have, >v;c,. (Signed.) A. K. KKN.NKDY, Governor. Tun Ut IIiiN. PlnwARn C.^rowkii., ) &c., &e., &c. J [copy.] Mk.mo. Send the Despatch No. ,'), lOih March, 1804, to the Attorney (ieneral and request his opinion upon this ve.\ed subject, especially in reference to new mattei which has not (1 believe) been brought under notice of the Secretary of Slate, namely, the survey by .Mr. Pemberton m 18.'J4, and again in 1858! Ills Report to Mr. JiarcUiy on the I'lllcr date, aiul the full poicer of Sir James Douglas to lay out and fi.x the Reserve Hi lliiif jfn'dd, and the Kiilmrquent adiimf^ion by Mr. Miiel/u-i.sh that the Reserve contained ten acres. The Attorney General will refer to the Reso^ lution of the House of Assembly on the subject of lot Z, and advise mo generally on the legal lieariiig of the additional evidence in connec, tion with this matter. (Siirned,) A. E. K. July 0, I8t;4. Lioi'v.l 'I'jje ri.irveyoi General will pleam furnisli ine with the loliowing inlerniatiou witri ii3 liti.c d( lay as [mssi'jle: 1 , Is !.)i -.'4. sectior. Ve... 1,S, ilrii on wliicli the prcs, i.i G (J V I- rniiieiit litiililiiiL'-' sliiiid ■.' ■J. Did ynii survey the Ves — in ls.'i4 and lir.'Si'Ul (lov. niuieiil lie- again in 1^■■'H. .•icrvi'— II to 111 what date? ::. What nmuber of Ten acres. MiTcs ilid it ciifitain ' I. W.j'.ld tif sulitrac- .N'o_il would diniiii- tjou "I \':i- lot known ish the original iinair iis 1)1 Z :r:,\c the .irigi- lily by the ,ue.i ot /, . 11,(1 i]niui' ny as ui igili- allv -iirvi'vc-d .' ,".. Did you report the V,-.<— K-t Scpti inber, survey of' iha- Ri'Serve l^;.i4. to the lliid-on II. iv C'i'y and sei.d a tr'cin.' of the s inie —if so at what date'' (J. Did vo:i stale that Ves. tlir Kesi-rvi' so sun eyed hy you cnntained ten acres, and that it was mark.'d on the ground'' 1st Sept, IS,";!, to A. 7. If so, at what date Marclay, K-q , Sec'y ol did you makn t!ii> re- the Hudson Hay Goih- port'and to .viioin ? pany, copy of ihe letter is lurnished herewith 8. H'lve you any doubt as to the 'whole of that Hiave no doubt that 10 ».rri-s I'.'ing a Gov it was so intended. trninenl l'e^erve for pnbl;c biiildintrs ? 0. When (lid the Hud' When finally survey- .son H;iv Co'v's righted in 18.'i8, at which over this land'ceasc? period the lines were re-adjusted. '0. When was lot 7, alleged lo have been la the spring of 18'Jl. sold to r.owcnberg? 11. l.-i it v\ithin the Yes. limits of the ten acres originally surveyed by y u V 12. Was it. under all No. the circum.'lances with' in your knowledge, com ))etent for the Hudson Huy (Jo'y to sidl lot Z in "March, IHtll ? 13. Did the Hudson I cannot tell; I took Hay Co'y occupy thisoilice in 18,"il. 10 acres previous to the year 184'J ? 14 Have you any None, knowleilge that lot Z was sold to Lowell berg previous to the 1st Jam uary, IB'''^'.' 1,') .\ re you of opin- Yes. ion that the subtraction of lot Z from the ten ftcre Reserve would ren- der the ground almost valueless for Govern- iiient purpo.ses 7 (Signed,') (Signed) .A. K, Kk.nnkdv J, D. Pkmhkiito.n. June 17, 04. 17tb June, 1864. riiri.i?li ini" ah Hi liUii' SJH. t, IdJl, to A, Csq , iSi.'t'y III )n Biiy Coiii- ; of llu' Kilter III hi'icwiili v> iloubt th,U iiitciidi'd. i);\lly siirvey- ;.'i8, nt whicli H> lines were ;d. [jring of 18'Jl. ot tell; I took 1H51. [='] •OIlll ill Ml lu- II' .11' ll IllllIM' ■a lit /.. tSq tiiiihiT, , ) ). PRMlU^ltTON. ine, 1864. fCOl'Y.j Sfplcinbcr l?t, la.")(. .1, Hitrcl'ii/, Ks(j , Si'rn 1(1/1/ Ildiihh- llitdxun Ha:, Cuinpiuiii, Silt, ■;;- *•»*** In till' tr:nii(f'i'r to tlio Vnv Trmlo nl' f,ot No. .I'l, Srciion Win, a Ui'Si'i-vc ol 10 ticri'- Inr tlic liiiliiiiis .«li(iiilil hiiv': lircn Irll ii.s iiiurki- 1 nil ilii' t'ucliifcil tnu'itur. The liiii'.s eiicl(i,-ii ;; this ID iicrt'S iiro now iniu'l;cil on the groninl iwui f-lioiili! be Iriiii^lciecl to the eojiies orii^in- iiliy foi'wiirileil in the (loveriior's I iefpiitch - * expl'vininK the coinjiletinii iirriuiue- imnl.-i ■*■ '•■" '" I liiive. kv.. , (Kirrneil,) J. b. ri:Mi;i:!n'ii\. [o.ev.] Attorney ('leiK'r:^'? Ollice, 1 l.llh July, 18U-t. / Sir: — I liiivp the honor to replj in nnswer to llie ijiierii'i ot His Kxcellt'iicy tlu; (iovi-rnof (tiiteil l!ie Glh (liiy ot July .^ 1) ISiit Ihi.l 1 h;ive riuefnlly coii-idered the iniUCer ol' .Mr. Loweii' tii'ri:'s title to Lot Z and ciuinot lielii comiiid to the <'()ii('lu.>'ii'ii that tho de-^piite!i ol the KJlli Miueh 18(>4 bus been wiillen without ii full Uiiowlcdiie of Ihp history of the lot in cinestion. Knolosed I retnin the extnicf. truni Mr. Ptuiberton'.s report to .Mr' A. Biirchiy LSeere~ tary ol the Hudson liny (,'')m|iiiny (iatcd 1st of September lSo4 enelo.-smj; ii tr.ic.ni/ iniiri\(il A, this trm.;:iir therein nlliided to i.s the origin- al triK ini.' of the 10 iicres orifiiiiiilly dedioiited i;s an Im'' ui Reserve ana so tar us 1 can a.seeix tain n.n.- have been made from a map at present in ; " Lund Uflice- Subseqnetnly to Ihis report iind in the year 18.'i8 the lliiusun Hay Cumpany thrmmh Mr. J. D. Petnberton (then bcin;; in tin ir em;doymentl laid oil' on land of ilieir own. iiiinu'diiUely to the west of the Ueserve, ,so plotted in the yiiir 18."i4 certain town lots '.vith a road running; alonrj the we.st fide of the said Ueserve between such Reserve and siieh town lots- In layinfr off such road and lot.s. .Mr. I'emhertoii was instracted to in- elude in the piece so hud olf any portion of the froiU'igu of the said Reserve which it niijiht b" to the Uoiniiany's advaiiia(,'e to in- clude in such road, town lots, and to compensate tor the diminution of the area in the said original ID acre fieserve by addinf^ to the rearmost portion thereof a strip of land which would be eiiuivalent in area to that which bo might take from the frontat^e. The tracing marked H. enclosed herewith shows the piece taken from the Irontage of the orifjin- al 10 acres coloured blue and the coiupen«a> tory piece added to the residue of the oiii;inal It) acres from the hind of the Hudson Bay Company coloured red. Thi.s arrangement al- though disadvantageous in jioint of value was agreed and acted upon bj all parlies and resulted in the ado|)lion of the southern line of the lot Z as placed on the olFicial map of Vic- toria town 1 858. The increase in the are.a of the Reserve from 10 acres to the larger amount of 11 acri'S has arisen simply from new ground with which a small bay running in frnni the Harbour in front of the Reserve has been lilled up, and which t^as uot inccuded in the area of the original of a Cupy ot till ii-'-0;.'n;/',ed a d sab' of the IT'JIi. IT'il, liMl, on a line of the ols 7 - 5 , Ri'serve and was reciaimed by the Crown since. The piece of grounil so addi'd to the Rcservi' w.is luidi'd with the coiiciirrenci' of the .\geiitf ot the (."oiniiany here acting uiidir a [lower of Attorney dated 17lh May I8.M enclosed here- \. iili, ami the addition liiuanie tl.oroajjhly and inii'liigibly known to them as liie leciiiienls of oflici.'il map ot IS.'i.H, and wis raiified by tbeir subsei|uenl 1718, l7Ui; 172D. 1721, m-Z, 17l!(;, 1727. 1728, 1721), n:!0. line o|)posile to the said southern Pii'scrve indicated on the Ihids(f arrange- t.-KTit Willi regarii to all lands in or in'ai the loun of Vii'ioria, und if it did not do so the (Jompany having become eogi.izaiilof the lriinsii:lion ami having acted upon tlieir i;nou- ledge, and having sold to piirch.isers lots I, ic- ing upon ihe Reserve upon the failh thai such Ueserve was a pu.ilic Reserve wilh the soul hern boundary line running as inilicaled on the oilii'ial map, cannot ask ' he Crown to ast^i.st tiii'in in treating such Reserve as a iiulliiv and the more particularly so as the purchaser wa.s a real estate agent tlioroui,'lily well aware of the position of the Government Reserve indicat ed on the oilicial map ot Victoria Town l,N,'i8, and buying with hi.s eyes o[ien to the fact that I'c was piircbasing from llie agent of ihi; Hudson Bay C.impany bind which the Hudson Bay Comjuuiy had no longer any jiower to sell without committing an act ivhich .Mr. Lowenberg must neecessarily have also known amounts to a direct breach of Jaiih in aiding which he became an accomplice. With regard to the statement made iu .'^ir V.. Head's communication dated the 2i;ih ot February 1804 ''that town lot 7, is " a portion of the land held by the Hudson Bay Coin[)atiy lirevious to the prant of the Island to the Coni|)any ''and that the fiinif lot was sold to Mr. Lowenberg in May ISdl and tiiat .Mr. Lowenberg has therefore a right to be confirm- ed in its possession umler the clause contained in the indenture of the 3rd of Febriiiuy 18Gj jiroyiding ••that all sales made by the said Company previous to the first day of January 18G2 of any portion of the lands so occupied by them in Victori:i District as aforesaid be>- fore the iiOth day of January 184i) shall bo elT'^ctuai as ayraiust Her .Maj -sty's k^i. " must bo taken to mean all sales of laud so occupied made |)reviously to that date wliere sucii land had at Ihe dale of t^e sale in question never been dealt with by the Company before. KMippose a section of land had been sold to a purchaser in I8.')8 by the Hudson Bay Company 111 the usual matiner by an instalmont paper and suppose the Company find afierw.'ird sold the same lot to Mr. Lowenlierg in 1801, co.ld the indenture be read to confirm .Mr. Lowen- berg's purchase and defeat A's title, it wouM on the contrary conlirnia A's title to the fullest extent. The exchange of th" year 18.'i8 ell'ect- ually divested the power of the Hudson's Bay Company to deal wiUi lot Z. In the indenlurn of the ,'>rd of February ISi;.':! in speakiuL' of Iho reconveyance of the Reserves in which the Crown (is far as the Crown is concerned) sur- renders its claim for the benefit of the pur- chasers of pieces ot the same which have been '>'''\R^[1I 1? [-1] aolil by 111" ('umpimy. Tlie lot Z i!" not im-tH tioiu'd wliilsl tliu s:ilo< iiii|n()|K'rly iniiilc in Uiu ollii-r lleseivi's lii'i' us lar 113 Uiioivii itl liuiiic ilisiiiictly .<|iC'L'ilifil. Si) lar hs 1 ciui Iciirii liiiiii t'lKiuiiiiin lict'u lui tlier Mr. D.illns or llu; two peiitli'incii svho iKii'4 on bilmU' ol tlic l"i')wii ill si'itliu^ iliu icniis of till- iiiri'fi'ir. >'iii. lit' t'.io 3nl l"\liiu:iry IS'.l.i weiu iios.^cs.Sfil ol niiv in- InllU llioil with l'l';::iril to till' t'XChllll^"." ul IS'p.S. I lliiiilv out' il'iiit' is Very phiiii in ilu' iii;itHTol .\\v. LDweiibci'Lt's (hiiti) ii'uni_'ly th;ii Mr. LnWfii- bfi-jx Willi t'liUy i.livc to thf l:ii,'i iluit. Mr. l):ill:i.-i Wiiiilid Id !!iil i')l 'A to |iii'vciit till' fiUi'Slioii of its I iK' lu'iiij; lifii litiwcrii tlii' I'ruwu luul Ooiiipiiiiy, iimi iiiu'W thai In; liiiiii,'lit 11 lnw suil itiul si> priiv iiliil hinisrll v.iili 11 co\ ciiiuii lor l.'iioil liily not iMiitiiiind 111 any ollii'r litiii ifsiii'd by Uii" IIiiil!;()ii IJ.iy L'iitii|iiiiy tu oil:'!' Jiiiicbast'rs, luid 1 I'atiiinl hrli) lliinkiii;; lb U lliis circnnitta'it'H well kirnvn bi're nin.-il linvc cau.^vd His IC.xcclbncy Sir James l)oii(,'!ad to irL'ut the i)iaui.'r us u piirclnisi' by .Mr. Loweiii berg us iin iij;ciil ot Uu' nipany. Under these i'ircnm>taiu'i.'i I look upon any .-^ii p taken by tlic I'lxi'uinivo here aidiii({ or u.^sisliii^ Mr. Loweiilu'rf; to obtain posisoinion us liuvin;; a direct tendency to iidd another difliciilly in ibu way of those entitled to have tliis inatli'r adjusted uccordiMk,' to the nnderstiiiditia: origrnully come tj between the pureliaJcrs ol towti loi3 and tlio Company iiiiiil the matter under this new liiihl is .sliewn to Har .Majesty's Governmenl. It would scarcely be aeeiiily Cor ine to wi'.hdnnv the li.i ji<:i(liii« filed agninsl (ho piece of land i:: niiestinn or to lake any step; to facilitate Mr. Lowenbcrs's attiiinnii'Ut of )iossessiiin of a |iiL-ce oflaiid from which it will be my duly ai representing the town lot holders to eject him slionid the result of the present information be the selthii; aside of the sale of llio portions of the Reserves which have been indisputably sold by the Company in violation of the nnderstaniling iiild out to the purcliasers of town lots by the Company on the occasion of the sale of the town lots by the ollicial map of la.'pS. 1 have kv. (Sii,'ned,) GKORGl-: HUNTKR C.MIV. Attorney (Jenerul. The Acting Coloxiai, Secretary, ) &c., Ac, kc. j [coi-y] Explanation cf Tracinys A. U. Tracing A. shoA's the piece of land now oc- cupied by the Uovernment HtiildiuKS. It was laid out us an Indian Reserve in IS.'i'l. Report' ed HS being laid out and marked on the frround, Sy Mr. I'emberton, then Surveyor General, to Sir. Barclay, Secretary to the Hudson l>:vy Com- pany, on l;t Sejitember, 18,')4. This Report was sent through Governor Douglas. Tracing ]>. —The piece of land shown on this tracing by the letters A. 15. C. I), is the saino as thai shown on tracing A. The letters E. F, C. D. show the Reserve us altered in 18,'J8 to suit the general survey of the Town. Leiltr Z shows the portion of land sold by ;ho llud.^on Ray Company to Leopold Loweu- berg in 18G1. This part is etched lor the suko of distinction ||l|||!] (Signed,) ' W. B. Pkarse, Acting Surveyor General, \i\. February, 18G5. [inl'V ] \ ,\vi'(ii'vi-;it Isr.ANK. .\n '.'.;. Vicioria, l.'ilh April, ISti"). ^^IU. — 1. Ill ve the l.oiior to iieKiiim led.'.- ;I,- ree. ipt. of your i>".-pllell, .N'ir. !;8, liiled ! u 11 Si pleiiiber, iHi/l, ofi ;lie m!j"c; r.l' i!;u (.'mwa l.;iiids anil Civil I,, .-I nl lln.. I'.ii.ny. 11. I Ijave lieleri'i d ei.l. ni ^' ii; :iii |I,|.» Mil juel ill Ine hop" ol I he l.eglr^iaii' e A -Si'ii b,y Miri . • it'g at .-oine d'iinile mid re.ijoiiablu iheiMnii i.|ii>n It. .>. 'i I I- lA';;i.-l.il ive A-^seiiili'v ".■a-' in S'-sioii when I .'issiiiiied ttie Govei'iiMi'.'.it ot 'his ('ol.i. I'V all. I a rtLdict t.'niiimiMi (. ueciipi"'! in tnUin^ ei id 'lice as to "liKf pi'-tiit cuiriil . ' 11 ol Ine (lowii Liiid.i wiih ri'l-r-'iii ■• lo iiie | r 'in).: i! ol' llcr .Ml j ■.-ly'.- S'-cri't.iry n; L-iaii' lir iii' Ci'miiis, (l^ile>l l.")th J'lne, |m;:;, In Ilia I o'..r I in' Crown i.'li I- to I lie LeL'i d I'liie." ■I. Til ir proceedings e.Mend'd uvi^r :i |i, ri'nl of light iniinth.j. mid 1 now tr.in;.ini' a Ci.p;, of llie .Minulcsol I'roeeediii!,'-; of the Seleel Cuiri- ■poit. da. id I l;!i 111 the suae i.W^ niil'ee nci'ompanieil by a I Jiine, 18(14, and RcsuKiiioai j "I't dated Jur.e '."Jib, ISlM.*^' a. The manuscriat ot snail' of these doeii ■ ineiits was Very iinperliet and ibeve w:is eon- si iiuent.y great d. day in liaviML; I hem prinUii. 1;. With llr.'Si! doc'.imei.'s helore yon it Ij Ul. necessary for me to irouh'.e yo'i vviii> any I'Miiithened remarks upon thrin. .\n analysis ol mine would make ihem iiiteilioihie where many .Meiiihi is ot the Assembly sonelit to prove oppo.-iu- and dill'rent thiiiis. " I do iiol nUach iniicli w-i^ht to thecvi" d. nee which has not bei'ii taken oil oalli, and it is dillici.lt to loiin a sound opinion upon u uiil'er surrounded by such com|'Iic.ilii.iis m; I ecinllictiii;! staliineiils. K. There are lo'vorllu'less some extraoidinary facts connected with the gale and iiiana;,'einent ot the Crown l,.ii.dH di.^closei! in the .Minutes of I'roceeilinirs belore the 8«lect CiMiiiniliee which I apprehend arc new 10 lltr Mnje. ly's Guveri;- ineai. 'J. If the question is to be re-opened, and the Indenture lieiweeii the Crown and the Hudson Bay (,'om|)any, dated 3rd February, 18U2, re- considered or questioned, it cm only be done ell'ectuully and lairly by 11 Commission appoint- ed lo eiuiuire on the spot, where books, papers, liia|is and evidence could be ]iriidiiced, and in the event of a new Chief Ju.st.ee being ap- pointed he might fitly be eutrusled with such II duty ; I am not however in ft position to re- coniinead that course, if the question can bo settled and an agitation detrimental to the best; interests of the Colony put un end to by any other means. 10. I have endeavored by every means ut my disposal to effect a settlement ol this ([ue^tion but :n vain. * * * \ have no public ollicer in the Assemtily to advocate the real in' terests of the Colony or to correct misuppre- hensions * * * which have entered largely into the numerous debates which have taken place. * * * ' I have, &c., (Signed,) A. E. KENNEDY, Governor. The Rt Hon. Edwaud Caudwell, i &c., &c., i^C. I '*Ciirr('Blieliiti uco Iransmittea to Legislative A jumbly, 3ril .Se|iteinber, 18fly. \ ipiii, isor), , liilcil h, II I I :l:u t.'mwu I y . I iKl.-i Ml! jl-.'t ;i'ii l..y piTi , • tlilu