No. 4

In consequence of the requisition contained in your Despatch of 7th
September No. 34 for Buoys and Moorings for the entrance of Fraser's
River, I caused enquiries to be instituted as to the probable expense of
complying with your application. I enclose herewith a copy of the
report made to me on the subject by the Crown Agents, by which you will
perceive how great a difference there is between the Estimate of the
Harbour Master of British Columbia and that formed in this country. The
expense of the Buoys being so much greater than you have calculated
upon, I have thought it best to order the Crown Agents to send you half
the number for which you have applied, leaving it to you to decide
whether the remainder shall be supplied or not.

You will be so good as to make arrangements for defraying the cost
of this requisition—the exact amount of which will be in due time
communicated to you.