while
question to the Secretary of State for War with a view to its being definitely
settled.
The correspondence that has passed, has been sent to the Commodore for perusal, and that Officer, concurring in the views
of the Major General and considering that
to a certain extent the Naval and Military
interests in this matter
are
identical, has
also communicated his intention of also communicating thereon with the Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty.
As much time has been unavoidably lost in discussing this question Major General Bunker is unwilling that its transmission home, should be delayed beyond the outgoing Mail, and I shall
be much obliged, should His Excellency the Governor wish to forward any further remarks to the Major General, if you
will favor me with the same at your
earliest convenience:
I have &c.
(Signed) Mitterson Shaw
D. A. Q. M. General