55 VICT. DEATH OF PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR. 883 REPLY Of Her Majesty the Queen to the Address of the Legislative Assembly on the death of His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence and Avondale. OTTAWA, 30th May, 1892. SIR,—I am directed by His Excellency the Governor-General to transmit to you a copy of a despatch from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, conveying Her Majesty's best thanks for the expressions of sympathy and loyalty contained in the Address from the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia on the occasion of the death of His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence and Avondale. I have, &c, I. ST. AUBYN, Major, His Honour Governor-General's Secretary. The Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia. Lord Knutsford to Lord Stanley of Preston. DOWNING STREET, 9th May, 1892. MY LORD,—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's despatch, No. 123, of the 14th ultimo, and to acquaint you that I have communicated to the Queen the Address accompanying it from the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia on the death of His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence and Avondale. Her Majesty has been much touched by this expression of condolence, and has commanded me, on her own behalf and on that of the Royal Family, to request that your Lordship will convey to the Legislative Assembly of the Province her best thanks for the expressions of sympathy and loyalty contained in this Address, which has been an additional solace in their bereavement. I have, &c, (Signed) KNUTSFORD. Governor-General, &c, &c, &c. VICTORIA, B. C: Printed by RICHARD WOLFENDEN, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. .