I have received Mr Under Secretary Hawes's letter of the 15th Ulto transmitting for the information of the Hudsons Bay Company the Copy of a Dispatch from the Governor of Vancouver's Island, dated
Feby 3rd 1851, and requesting that I will ⎯ furnish your Lordship with the Report referred to by Governor Blanshard, which by the terms of the Royal Charter the Company are required to make once in every two years at least.
In compliance with your Lordship's request I beg to hand you the accompanying Report.