No. 94

I am directed by the Duke of Newcastle to transmit to you a copy
of a letter addressed to His Grace by the Honorable James K. Howard,
one of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods and Forests, requesting
that half a hundred weight of the seed of the Douglas Fir may be
obtained from Vancouver Island by next Spring, and that the same quantity may be supplied for a few successive years, and I am to
request that you will take the necessary steps for complying with Mr.
Howard's wishes in this respect.

You will observe that the Office of Woods and Forest will defray
any expense which may be incurred, and that it is desirable that the
seed should be sent home via Panama.