Hill to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am directed by the Postmaster General to acquaint
you, for the information of Secretary Sir Edward Bulwer
Lytton, that an opportunity will be afforded of forwarding
by the Mail Packet of the 18th Instant, in charge of
Mr John De Courcy, a relative of Her Majesty's Consul
at Panama, any Despatches which the Colonial Office may
desire to send to VanCouver's Island or British Columbia.

Mr De Courcy on reaching Panama, will proceed to
Victoria by the earliest opportunity.