Hammond to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am directed by The Earl of Malmesbury to request that
Navycrimping of sailors
Crimping of sailors
you will state to Secretary Sir Edward Lytton, that His
Lordship has been informed by Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at
Lima

that he has reason to believe that certain Parties
lately engaged in a system of crimping
sailors

at Callao have left that Port for the Fraser River in New Caledonia.

Lord Malmesbury considers that it may be useful that
Sir Edward Lytton's attention should be called to this
subject as the system carried on by these persons has been
productive of much inconvenience at Callao.