No. 2

I have had the honor to receive Your Grace's despatch No 101
of the 30th November enclosing a report from Admiral
Hastings Commanding the Pacific Squadron, of a visit to the
Interior of the Colony and the great difficulty which would
attend the transport of an armed force to Cariboo.

2. Nobody is more aware than I of the difficulty which would
attend a naval or military interference with the miners in that
distant region; and when pressed by the local magistrate for an
armed force in 1867 I proceeded in person to the scene of
disturbance, and made no application for assistance to Admiral Hastings.

3. I sincerely trust that all is quiet now in the gold districts.