With reference to your letter of the 9t
Inst1
I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you
for the information of Secretary Sir E.B. Lytton, that orders have been
given to the Senior Officer of HM Ships at Vancouver's Island to afford
every facility to the party of Engineers which are about to be conveyed
to thatIsland Island in the Vessels "Thames City" and "Briseis," to reach
British Columbia, with their Stores, in one of Her Majestys Ships of War.