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(Translation,) — H. W. Rouse. 



British Consulate, 

 Molquilla, June 6th, 1835. 



Sir, 



The captain of His Britannic Majesty's ship Chal- 

 lenger, wrecked on this beach, by letter dated yesterday 

 has notified to me the necessity he is under of abandon- 

 ing the hull and remaining property of the vessel re- 

 ferred to, in consequence of a conviction of being unable 

 longer to protect them, or to transport them to the 

 mouth of the Leubu, where he proposes to establish 

 himself with his people and such effects as he may be 

 able to transport, until an opportunity cfFers itself for 

 embarking by sea. 



He likewise desires me to beg you will take the steps 

 most proper for doing what he is unable to do. 



I therefore address you, requesting that if other points 

 of service do not forbid, you will, in compliance with the 

 instructions received from the military commandant of 

 the lower frontier and acting intendant of Concep9ion, 

 station in the most convenient situation a force sufficient 

 to protect the hull and remaining propert of the vessel 

 shipwrecked, until such time as the senior officer of His 

 Majesty's ships and vessels in the Pacific may have it in 

 his power to adopt those measures most proper for the 

 salvage. 



I trust, also, you will be pleased to order inquiries to 

 be set on foot whether there be any persons in the sub- 

 delegation of Arauco desirous of entering into an agree- 

 ment for the salvage of the property in question ; and 

 that public notice be given throughout the whole sub- 

 delegation under your command, to make known, that 



