_Copy of a better from the Secretary of the Admiralty to Herman
Merivale, Esquire_.
Admiralty, June 26, 1858.
Sir,--I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to send
you herewith, for the information of Secretary Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, a
copy of a letter from Captain Prevost, of H.M. Ship "Satellite," dated
at Vancouver's Island, 7th May 1858, respecting the discovery of gold on
Fraser and Thompson Rivers, near to the 51st parallel of north latitude,
in North America.
The newspaper and specimen of gold dust referred to in Captain Prevost's
letter are also enclosed.