No. 67

I have received with considerable regret Your Lordship's
despatch No. 9 of the 3rd of February informing me that Rear
Admiral The Honorable G.F. Hastings had been directed to make
Valparaiso his future Head Quarters as Naval Commander in Chief
in the Pacific.

2. In parting, for the present, with Admiral Hastings I feel it
my duty to convey to Her Majesty's Government an expression of
the gratitude I entertain for the Services he has rendered
to the Colony and for the consideration he has been good enough
to give to every wish of mine.