Romaine to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

With reference to your letter of the 11 Instant on the
Subject of a Detachment of Royal Marines sent from China
to Vancouvers Island receiving a promise of Double pay,
allowances, & a grant of Land after a service of six years
in the Colony: I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty to transmit to you, herewith, for the information
of His Grace the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a Copy of
a letter which their Lordships have received from Rear Admiral
Sir M. Seymour, late Commander in Chief of Her Majesty's
Ships & Vessels on the East India & China Stations, on the subject.