OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE 

 SEEVICES OF THE YACHT 'FOX.' 



Admiralty, London, 

 Sir, 2Uh 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 Eegions, viz. from 

 the 30th June 1857 to the 21st 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. EOMAINE, 



Secretary to the Admiralty. 



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



