"Admiral Beaumont will probably be left near Vancouver."

[See "Arethusa Going to China", New York Times, 8 July 1900, p. 2 ("Victoria, B.C., July 7.—This morning, when the second-class British cruiser Arethusa arrived at Esquimault [Esquimalt, B.C., Canada] from Vancouver, she was met by a telegram from Rear Admiral Beaumont, in command of the British squadron in the Pacific, asking the skipper how long it would take him to prepare for service in Chinese waters."]

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.