Holloway to Secretary of State

I have the honor to address you upon the subject of a purchase
which I am desirous of making of a track of land in Queen Charlotte's
Island in the North Pacific.

Imagining that the Hudson's Bay Company might have had some
jurisdiction over the Island in question I applied to them, but the
reply from the Secretary was such as lead me to believe that the whole
power was vested in the British Government. With this impression I have
taken the freedom to ascertain from you whether in accordance with the
survey, (which I presume has been taken) a price has been fixed per
acre, and in the event of this being the case you would possibly have
the goodness to inform me whether I may be permitted to select such plot
as may in my opinion be eligible.