With reference to your letter of the
24 Instant, acknowledging the
receipt of my letter of the
14 Instant, respecting the two Guns
landed from H.M.S. "
Bacchante," and "
Topaze," for the defence of
Victoria, and
Esquimalt,
Vancouver Island, I am commanded by my Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you, for the information
of His Grace the
Duke of Newcastle, that these Guns have been
reported to the
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War Department, and are now considered as belonging
to that Department.