Romaine to Under-Secretary of State

I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to
transmit herewith, for the information of His Grace the Duke of
Buckingham & Chandos, Extract from a General Letter of Rear
Adml the Hon. G. Hastings dated "Zealous" at Esquimalt 21
Feb/68 No. 33 relative to the State of Affairs re British Columbia.