Corry to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to
acknowledge the receipt of your Letter of the 22nd Jany last,
forwarding the Copy of a Report from Captain Richards of HM's
Surveying Ship "Plumper" on the Harbours of Vancouver's Island and
the Coast of British Columbia, and to acquaint you, for the
information of Secretary Sir E.B. Lytton, that this Report is very
satisfactory, but it is limited in information to only a few Harbours
on the S.E. Coast, and to request that you will move Sir E.B. Lytton
to consider the question of
reserving Coal and Timber for Government purposes.