George Fredrick Ernest Albert, Duke of
Cornwall and York, Duke of Rothesay(?), Prince of Saxe-Gobourg, and Gotha, and Duke of Saxony, Earl of Garrich and Inverness, Baron of Renfrew and Killarney, Lord of the Isles and Great Steward of Scotland. KG;PG;KT;KP;GGMG;GGVO;LLD;DGL;

May it please your Royal Highness

The citizens of Vancouver beg to offer to your Royal Highness a very hearty welcome to our young City. We thank Almighty God that under His Providence you have been enabled to visit in safety the utmost confines of the British Empire beyond the Seas, and express the hope that, as a result of your long and arduous journeying by sea and by land, the ties which bind the Colonies to the Mother Country may be greatly strengthened. We beg to welcome also your gracious Spouse, and pray that Her Royal Highness may enjoy many years of happy life. We beg to offer to you our deep sympathy in your many and recent bereavements. We pray that God in His Providence will see you safely home and we beg that you will convey to Our Sovereign Lord, the King, the expression of our deep devotion and loyalty.

On behalf of the Corporation and Citizens of Vancouver.

Thomas O. Tomly, Mayor.

And F.M. Gingras City Clerk. Vancouver, B.C., Sept. 30 - 1901