No. 31

I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 31 of the
18th of June reporting on the expenditure incurred upon the
Lighthouses which are in course of erection in Fucas Straits.

The Lords Commissoners of the Treasury will not object to the
acceptance of Bills for the expenditure in the Colony for this service
to the extent of 7751.16.10 which is the amount stated in your
despatch to be required on the spot, but I have to instruct you to
limit the expenditure if possible within that amount.

Provision will be made in the Estimates for Lighthouses for the
ensuing year for the amount of expenditure incurred beyond the sum of
£7000 already voted by Parliament on the understanding that one half of
this additional amount, as in the case of the original Vote, will be
repaid by the two colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia
jointly.