No. 31

I have the honor to transmit herewith for your Grace's
information, a Topographical Report of the Bentinck Arm and
Carribou Districts by Lieutenant Palmer R.E. which I trust
will prove interesting to your Grace.

2. I regret that it is not in my power to employ the
Officers of the Royal Engineers continuously on like services,
but the great expense attendant on their performance precludes
my doing so; the present expedition for example, which consisted
of Lieut Palmer, two Sappers, and a packer, and of which the accompanying Report is the result, having cost a sum, exclusive of pay and allowances, exceeding £800.