Shepherd to Lytton

With reference to the communications which have taken place from
time to time with the Colonial Office on the subject of an
expected migration of the Mormons into Her Majesty's possessions
on the North West Coast of America, I have now the honor to
enclose for your information a Copy of a letter just received by
the Hudson's Bay Company from Governor Douglas dated Victoria,
Vancouvers Island, 31st March last, which, I trust, will be
satisfactory.