I have to acknowledge the receipt of your [
Vancouver Island]
               Despatch, N
o 32 of the 
25th of July
               last
               
               reporting that you had authorized 
Captain Prevost
               to announce to the Companies of Her Majesty's Ship "
Plumper" and
               "
Satellite" that they would receive an allowance from the local Revenue
               equal to their rate of pay from the Crown, and I have to acquaint you
               that I approve, under
the
 the circumstances, of the course you have taken.