Hammond to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am directed by the Earl of Malmesbury to request that
Moody, Col. Richard C.consuls to assist travel
you will acquaint Secretary Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton that,
in compliance with the request contained in your letter of the 6th
Instant,

Her Majesty's Consul at San Francisco, and the acting British Consul at
Panamá, have been instructed to afford every assistance in their power
to Colonel Moody who is proceeding to British Columbia viâ Panamá.