Corry to Under-Secretary of State

With reference to your letter of the 22d of January transmitting a
copy of the report of Captain Richards on the Harbours of Van
Couver's Island and the coast of British Columbia; I am commanded by
my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to request you will lay
before Secretary Sir Bulwer Lytton the accompanying copy of a report
from the Hydrographer of this Office in regard to the suggestions of
Captain Richards for the lighting of Juan de Fuca Strait, and the
approach to Esquimalt Harbour.