Romaine to Under-Secretary of State

I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
to transmit herewith
for the information of His Grace the Duke of Buckingham & Chandos
an extract of a letter from Rear Adml The Honourable G.F.
Hastings dated 1 August No 100 reporting disturbances having arisen
between rival claimants of mining property in the District of Cariboo
on the Upper Fraser River.