I have laid before the Earl of Malmesbury your letter of the
26th ultimo, enquiring whether any, and what, instructions should be
given to the Governor of Vancouver's Island or to Rear Admiral Moresby
in regard to foreign vessels trading to Queen Charlotte's Island or to
parties of foreigners whom such vessels may convey thither for the
purpose of carrying on mining or other operations; and I am directed by
His Lordship to transmit to you a copy of a letter which he addressed to
the Admiralty on the 8th ultimo, desiring that Admiral Moresby should
be instructed to protect British property and British territory from
violation by foreigners.

I also transmit to you a copy of a despatch which Lord Malmesbury
has written to Her Majesty's Minister at Washington upon this subject,
and which despatch His Lordship hopes will have the desired effect of
inducing the United States Government to exert themselves to prevent
aggression by American citizens on English rights; and I am to request
that you will inform Secretary Sir John Pakington that, in His
Lordship's opinion, the Governor of Vancouver's Island, or the officer
whose jurisdiction extends over Queen Charlotte's Island, should be
instructed in conformity with the tenor of the papers above mentioned,
and should make such regulations regarding the trade and mining
operations as may be right and proper, and may prevent such trade and
mining from being improperly usurped by foreigners; and that both the
Governor and Admiral should be instructed to punish according to law, or
forcibly to expel from the Island, any foreigners who may infringe
British regulations or violate British territory.