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I transmit to you a copy of a letter which I have received from the
Secretary to the Admiralty touching the sale of Thetis Island in
Esquimault Harbour, and of the answer which I have caused to be returned
to it. It appears from the correspondence that you have been anxious to
further the views of the Naval Authorities as far as lay in your power;
and I hope that this can be effected, consistently with what is due to
the purchaser of the Island.