La Trobe appointed to Lieutenant Governor of Victoria La Trobe appointed to Lieutenant Governor of Victoria

Annexed to the Colonial Secretary's letter of 1st February 1851 to His Honor the Superintendent of Port Phillip. Copy/ No. 131 Downing Street 14 September 1850. Sir, In reference to my despatch no. 126 of the 30th ultimo, transmitting you the Act for the letter Government of Her Majesty's Australian Colonies, I have now to inform you that, having every reason to be satisfied with the manner in which Mr La Trobe has hitherto administered the affairs of the District of Port Phillip under the existing arrangement, I have advised Her Majesty to appoint him the first Lieutenant Governor of the new Colony of Victoria. A commission will accordingly be transmitted to that Gentleman in time to enable him to execute the functions thus assigned to him, Governor Sir C. A. FitzRoy