Partington to Under-Secretary of State

With reference to your letter of the 7th Instant on the subject of
providing defences for the Colony of British Columbia, I am directed
by Earl de Grey and Ripon to request that you will favour him with
three copies of the Maps (large scale) of that Colony, which, as he
is informed, have been sent home by the Surveyor General of
Vancouver's Island.

The maps are required to enable due consideration to be given to the
Subject in question.