*Mr. Bancroft to Lord Palmerston.[63]
My Lord: I did not forget your lordship’s desire to see the United States surveys of the waters of Puget’s Sound and those dividing Vancouver’s Island from our territory.Mr. Bancroft officially informs Lord Palmerston that the boundary runs through the middle of the channel of Haro.
These surveys have been reduced, and have just been published in three parts, and I transmit for your lordship’s acceptance the first copy which I have received.
The surveys extend to the line of 49°, and by combining two of the charts your lordship will readily trace the whole course of the channel of Haro, through the middle of which our boundary line passes. I think you will esteem the work done in a manner very creditable to the young navy officers concerned in it.
I have the honor, &c.,
Viscount Palmerston, &c., &c.