Hammond to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I have laid before Lord John Russell your Letter of the 4th instant,
inclosing a Copy of a Letter from the Governor of the Hudson's Bay
Company respecting the question of the company's Establishment on the
Island of San Juan.

I am to state to you, in reply, for the information of The Duke of
Newcastle, that Lord John Russell is disposed to concur in His
Grace's views on this subject, as stated in your Letter; at all
events, His Lordship does not consider that the company have any
claim upon Her Majesty's Government in respect of their establishment
upon San Juan.