Thomas to Secretary of State

The Committee of this Society have instructed me to state that in
compliance with the wish of Col. Moody, R.E. they sent the Rev. W.B.
Crickmer to British Columbia viâ Panama that he might arrive with the
Chief Commissioner and without unnecessary delay. This arrangement
involved the Society in considerable expenditure—and obliged Mr
Crickmer to leave many of his packages to be transmitted by the longer
route by Cape Horn.

Under these circumstances they hope the Government will permit Mr
Crickmer's boxes to be shipped, free of charge, in the "Euphrates" which
is about to sail within a fortnight from the Port of London; and venture
to solicit this favor from H.M. Secretary of State for the Colonies.
These boxes could thus be conveyed with those of Colonel Moody & be
delivered without loss of time to the Missionary Clergyman. The
Authorities at the Admiralty have kindly intimated that there is room in
the Euphrates.