Hamilton to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit to you a copy of a letter from Commander Frederick,
transmitting a Report by Mr Martin, Secretary to Rear Admiral Bruce, on Vancouvers Island; and I am to request you will call the attention of
Secretary Sir George Grey to paragraph 9 of the said report pointing out
the disadvantage of the site of Victoria as compared with Esquimalt.