No. 12
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt on the
18th Instant
of Your Lordship's Telegram in the following words:
Captain
Captain Lascelles died in
Vancouver. By desire of the family I
request you to give any advice or assistance to
Mr Southgate
which you can properly afford.
2. I immediately informed
Mr Southgate of Your Lordship's
instructions.
3.
Captain Lascelles was buried on the
17th Instant in the
Naval Cemetery at
Esquimalt, and was followed to the Grave by
the Officers,
Seaman Seamen and Marines of Her Majesty's Ships in the
Harbour, together with a numerous body of the inhabitants.
4. I had been personally acquainted with
Captain Lascelles for
many years and I greatly regret that owing to the departure of
the Mail Steamer I was unable to be present at his funeral.
I have the honor to be
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
humble Servant.
Philip J. Hankin
Administering the Government