Hammersley to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

Will you pardon my troubling you? I am distressed [to] hear from
the Parents of a young man who is in Vancouvers Island, that many
of the letters [they] write to him,
never reach him. I have just heard of the arrival
there of my Nephew [the] Bishop of Columbia, & he does
not mention having received any letters from home—& I have
written regularly ever since he left England.

Will you kindly tell me how you direct your Official letters? I have
put on mine—
Vancouver's Island
via New York, & Panama

I paid 1/2/2.

I hope you have good accounts of Mrs Merivale & that she will return
in improved health.