No. 38

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 33
of the 21st of May, and to express my approval of the measures adopted
by you for checking the supply of Spirits by the Masters of Trading
Vessels to the Indians on the North West Coast of British Columbia. I
have had much pleasure in forwarding to the board of Admiralty a copy of
your Despatch commending the services of Commander Pike.