OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE SERVICES OF THE YACHT 'FOX.'
Admiralty, London,
24th Oct. 1859.
Sir,
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 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. ROMAINE,
Secretary to the Admiralty.
Captain Francis L. M'Clintock, R.N.