No. 79, Separate

Adverting to my Despatch No 74 dated 25th August 1865, I have the
honor to acknowledge the receipt this day of your Despatches of the
numbers and dates noted in the margin.

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These Despatches were forwarded to me by Her Majestys Consul at San
Francisco who informs me that he received them from the Postmaster at
Crescent City a place at the northern extremity of the State of
California, and near to which they were cast ashore.

Although somewhat damaged by the sea water these Despatches are all
perfectly legible and are apparently complete with the following
exceptions:

Circular 19th May 1865.
With this Circular I have received a copy
of the Regulations for the Royal Naval Reserve in England. I have
also received six parchment forms of Commissions in Her Majesty's
Fleet
much obliterated and which I presume were inclosed with this
Circular—but the copy of the Colonial Naval Defence Act and the copy
of the letter addressed to the Colonial Office by the Lords of the
Admiralty relative to Colonial ships of war and any other Enclosures
which may have accompanied it are missing.

Circular 29th May 1865. None of the Enclosures of this Circular have
come to hand.

The duplicate Despatches herein acknowledged were not accompanied by
any Enclosures.