In reply to your Despatch of the
27 January last N
8, instructing me to reserve a certain portion of Land at
Esquimalt for Naval purposes in compliance with a request from
the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, I have the honor to
inform![Manuscript image Manuscript image](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~coldesp/jpg_scans/jpg_thumbnail/co_60_04/co_60_04_00274v.jpg)
inform you that directions will be issued without delay for
carrying their Lordship's wishes into effect.