Osborne to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to send
you herewith for the information of His Grace the Duke of Newcastle
Copies of a Letter from Commander James C. Prevost of Her Majesty's
Steam Sloop Virago dated the 7th June last and of its enclosure
reporting his proceedings relative to Queen Charlottes Island.