# A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions/Volume 2/Appendix 6
#### APPENDIX, No. VI.

   "Sir,
   "I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th of April last, and to express their lordships' great satisfaction at the successful result of the expedition under your orders, which, they are satisfied, nothing but unremitting zeal on your own part, and that of the officers and crew, could have accomplished on a service of so arduous a nature, wherein difficulties of no ordinary kind were to be encountered and overcome.
   "I am, Sir,
   "Your most obedient servant,
   (Signed)"Sidney Herbert."
   "To Capt. James C. Ross, H.M.S. Erebus, Falkland Islands."
   "Sir,
   "Having laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 7th of April last, representing the zealous and persevering exertions of the officers and men engaged in the expedition under your command, and recommending Commander F. R. M. Crozier, Lieutenant E. J. Bird, and Mr. A. J. Smith, to the favourable consideration of their lordships, I am commanded to acquaint you that my lords, to mark the sense they entertain of the zeal and exertions displayed by the undermentioned officers on the present occasion have been pleased to order commissions to be made out, promoting Commander Crozier to the rank of Captain, Lieutenant Bird to the rank of Commander, and Mr. A. J. Smith to the rank of Lieutenant.
   "I am, Sir,
   "Your obedient servant,
   (Signed)"John Barrow."
   "To Capt. James C. Ross, H.M.S. Erebus, Falkland Islands."
   "Sir,
   "I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you, that they are pleased to approve of the Erebus bearing a commander in addition to her present establishment, and of the Terror bearing a purser in lieu of a clerk in charge, from the 16th of April last.
   "I am, Sir,
   "Your most obedient humble servant,
   (Signed)"Sidney Herbert."
   "To Capt. James C. Ross, H.M.S. Erebus, Falkland Islands."
   "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)"John Barrow."
   "Captain James C. Ross, H. M. S. Erebus, Cape of Good Hope."
   "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)"John Barrow."
   "To Capt. James C. Ross, H.M.S. Erebus." (To await arrival in England.)