No. 5

With reference to your despatch No. 52 of the 5th November last,
I have to acquaint you that The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
have informed me that it is their wish that the Ground, Buildings &c,
at Esquimalt, purchased for the North American Boundary Commission
should, when no longer required for the use of the surveying party
under Colonel Hawkins, be transferred to their Lordships for Naval purposes, and I have to instruct you, in compliance with their
Lordships desire, to transfer this property accordingly.