His Excellency,
Sir,
Vice Admiral Sir William Parker, K.C.B.
Victoria, Augusting December 2, 1863.
Before Your Excellency's departure from this place, I beg to submit to you an original letter from Mr. Gordon (the Land Officer) with one to my address from Mr. Davis, a gentleman who has a Patent Slip way from England which he is anxious to lay down in this Colony.
Should Your Excellency have finally determined on not placing the Naval Department at the entrance of the tymeon Passage, I will assign that location to Mr. Davis on such terms as Her Majesty's Government may be pleased hereafter to prescribe, coupling the grant with a specific stipulation that the Patent Slip shall always be available for any of Her Majesty's Vessels that may require to use it, and that they shall have a prior claim to all others, it being of course understood that Government will pay like others for the use of the Slip.
I have to beg that Your Excellency will return the original enclosed letters with your reply.
I have, &c.,
Signed Henry Tettinger,
A.C. Under Sec.
Land Officer to
Victoria,
Sir,
2nd December 1863.
I am directed by His Excellency the Governor