Romaine to Under-Secretary of State

I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to send you
herewith for the information of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs
a Copy of a letter dated the
10th ultimo No 165
from Rear Adml Sir Thos Maitland,
representing the necessity for increasing the Force on the Pacific Station and at Vancouver's Island
and I am to state that a Ship now nearly ready for Sea will be sent
out in a few days to the Station.