Romaine to Under-Secretary of State

I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to
acknowledge the receipt of your Letter of the 27th Ultimo
transmitting the Copy of a Despatch from Governor Seymour
respecting the construction of a Dock in British Columbia.

In reply I am commanded by my Lords to transmit to you for the
information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies the Copy
of a report from the Hydrographer on this subject and I am to
request you will inform the Duke of Buckingham that my Lords
entirely concur in the Hydrographers views of the advantages of
Esquimalt Harbour over Burrard Inlet.