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"Sir,

"Having laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 28th of May last, reporting the repair of the Erebus, and your intention with regard to your future proceedings, I am commanded by their lordships to acquaint you, that if it should appear to you that any further prosecution of discovery in the southern ocean should be advisable, and afford a prospect of any important and successful extension of geographical and physical knowledge, their lordships are willing to leave the prosecution of it entirely to your discretion; otherwise they deem it expedient that you should return from the Cape to England. "I am, Sir, "Your most obedient humble servant, (Signed)".""

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"Sir,

"Having laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 4th of April last, reporting the proceedings of the Antarctic Expedition up to that date, I am commanded by their lordships to express to you, and to desire you to make known to the officers and men under your command their lordships' approbation of their zealous and exemplary conduct throughout the trying services you have detailed. "I am, Sir, "Your most obedient humble servant, (Signed)".""