Gray to Newcastle

I take the liberty to inform your Grace that in a letter from my
Brother Francis Gray dated 16 May 1853 San Francisco, he states that he
and his partners Anthony Easterby and Matthew Rooney discovered a Coal
[Coal underlined by CO staff] Mine in Queen Charlotte's Island.
Unfortunately the letters of the 1st May containing the full
particulars of this discovery have not come to hand, but immediately
they arrive I will forward 
them to your Grace.

I have taken the liberty of making this statement to your Grace in
order to secure to my Brother Francis Gray and his partners any benefit
that may accrue from this discovery.