OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE 

 SERVICES OF THE YACHT < FOX.' 



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Admiralty, London, 

 Sir _ 24//* Oct. 1859. 



I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of 

 the Admiralty to acquaint you that, in consideration of 

 the important services performed by you in bringing home 

 the only authentic intelligence of the death of the late 

 Sir John Franklin, and of the fate of the crews of the 

 < Erebus ' and ' Terror,' Her Majesty has been pleased, by 

 her order in Council of the 22nd instant, to sanction the 

 time during which you were absent on these discoveries 

 in the Arctic Regions, viz., from the 30th June, 1857, to 

 the 2 1 st September, 1859, to reckon as time served by a 

 captain in command of one of Her Majesty's ships, and my 

 Lords have given the necessary directions accordingly. 



I am, Sir, 



Your very humble servant, 



W. G. ROMAINE, 



Secretary to the Admiralty. 



Captain Francis L. M'Clintock, R.N. 



