Hammond to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am directed by the Earl of Malmesbury to transmit to you
herewith, for the information of Secretary Sir Edward Lytton, a
copy of a despatch from Mr Toup

Nicolas, the British Acting
Consul General in the Sandwich Islands, relative to the views
entertained by the English Merchants in those Islands as to
Victoria in Vancouver's Island being made a free Port.