Stephenson to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I have laid before the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's
Treasury your letter of the 3d ulto, enclosing the Copy of a
letter from Mr Robert Swainston [Swanston], in which he complains of
the conduct of the Collector of Customs at Port Victoria, Vancouver's
Island.

In reply, I am directed by their Lordships to transmit to you for
the information of Sir William Molesworth, the Copy of a Report from the
Commissioners of Customs on that subject.