I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch N
o 11
               dated 
27th 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
 you will learn the manner in which I have settled the
               matter in concert with 
Rear Admiral Denman as directed by your
               Despatch.