No. 2

With reference to your despatch No 17 of the 13th of September
in which you suggest that the Provisions and Stores required for Her
Majesty's Ships should be sent direct from this Country to Vancouver's
Island, and that Store Houses for their reception should be erected at
Port Esquimalt, I have to acquaint you that having referred this
despatch to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, their Lordships
have instructed Rear Admiral Bruce to furnish a report on the subject.