Lugard to Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary)

With reference to that portion of your Letter of the 8th Instant
which relates to the conveyance of the Rifles which have recently been
granted for the use of the Volunteers in Vancouver Island, I am
directed to acquaint you, for the information of the Duke of
Newcastle, that Sir George Lewis has ascertained from the Admiralty
that no Ship of War is likely to leave England for that Station for
several months, and application has therefore been made to the
Transport office to provide conveyance for these Stores.