My Lord,

Having appointed John Montagu Esqr Vice Admiral of the Blue to be Commander in Chief of His Majt's Ships & Vessels, employed & to be employed, at and about Newfoundland, the Islands of Madelaine & Anticoste, & upon the Coast of Labrador, from the River St John to the Entrance of Hudson's Straits; We desire Your Lordship will be pleased to obtain His Majesty's Commission for him to be Governor of Newfoundland &c in the same manner as hath been granted to former Commanders in Chief upon that Station. We are &c

Sandwich. J.Buller. H. Palliser.