I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch N 11
dated
27 February 1865 on the subject of a pier which
Colonel
Foster has thrown out from his property in
Esquimalt Harbour in this
Colony, and in reply I have the honor to enclose the letters named in
the margin
from which
you![Manuscript image Manuscript image](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~coldesp/jpg_scans/jpg_thumbnail/co_305_25/co_305_25_00686v.jpg)
you will learn the manner in which I have settled the
matter in concert with
Rear Admiral Denman as directed by your
Despatch.