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EDWARD REILLY, QUEEN’S PRINTER.

, Charlotte—town, I’rince Edward'Isl—and. Sa danuazry, 8, 1896.:

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(COPY.) GOVERNMEN r House, OTTAWA,

18th October, 1869. Sm,—-—— '

,I have the honor to enclOse copies of two

VDcspatches which I have received from,

Earl, Granville. You will, I think, concur witlrme in thinking that your Government Sl‘“ul(l be put in possession of the purport of these Communications, inasmuch asthey convey, in earnest terms, the matured opin- ion of Her Majesty's Government. with re- t'erence to the great scheme of Confedera- tion. _ p

I have, Ste ,

(Signed) JOHN YOUNG.

The Lt. Governor of I Prince Edward Island, &c , &c., &e. The 'Segrétary of State for the Colonies, to z The Governor 4.0020111. (Copy "of: _ ‘ f ‘ ’ Dowsrxo Srmen'r, ' jut-v 4th Sep , 1869. .'”,("€i§iztdzi¥~’No. 177.. .- Sm.—‘—T " . ' r . l have read with much satisfiretion the Speech with which you closed the late ses-

sion'ot“ the'sl’arliament of the Dominion of

Canada, as well as the Resolutions of the Parliament, authorizmg your Government

to enter into: negotiations with the Govern- , ment of Prince Edward Island, with a view , to the admission of that Colony into the Dominion. '

I trust, that in settling the terms proposed, as the basis of this arrangement, the Gov- ernment of the Dominion will deal liberally as well as justlywith the Island, and that the Government or the Island will receive favorably such propositions when made, as I believe it is in the interest of the whole ot the B. N. A. 4 olonies, that they should be united under one Government ; and H. M’s Government watch with much interest, the successive steps that are being taken towards the accomplishment of this great end.

I have, 850., (Signed) GRANVILLE. Governor General, The Right Honorable Sir John Young, Bt.,~ G. C. B, G C. M. G., &c. L I &c. 850.

(Cupy) Government House, Ottawa, Canada, December 18, 1869. Sir ;

l HAVE the honor to transmit, herewith,for your information, and that ol'your Government, a copy of a minute iii the Privy Council ot'Canada, relat~ ing to the question of a. Political Union of the Island of Prince Edward with the Dominion.

JOHN YOl’Xh‘. Sir R. Hodgson, Administrator, 330., P. E. I.