Pennell to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to send you
herewith for the information of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for
the Colonies, an Extract of a letter dated the 12th May last, No
71, from Rear Adml Baynes, also of a further letter from that
officer, dated the 14th November last, No 182 respecting the
defences of the Harbour of Esquimalt, Vancouvers Island, in the event
of Naval Establishments being formed there.