Hammond to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am directed by the Earl of Malmesbury to transmit to
Bidwell, Charles T.reports progress of despatches
you, for the information of Secretary Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton,
a copy of a Despatch from the acting British Consul at Panama,
stating that he had received the bag of Despatches forwarded
to him from the Colonial Office, for transmission to the
Governor of British Columbia, and reporting the steps taken
by him to ensure their reaching their destination.