With reference to your letter of the
9t
Inst
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 that
Island Island in the Vessels "
Thames City" and "
Briseis," to reach
British Columbia, with their Stores, in one of Her Majestys Ships of War.