Gosset to Under-Secretary of State

As Commissary for British Columbia, and I presume therefore
Gosset, Capt. William D.duties as commisary
Gosset, Capt. William D.experience in Ceylon
Commisarysupplies for
(as in Ceylon) responsible for the supply of rough and sawn timber
to the various Departments, I beg to suggest that the skeleton
gear of a powerful water wheel and the machinery of a circular
sawing mill be forthwith provided & sent out without delay.
There is no one article, I deem more necessary, or more economical,
for a Colony, where wood abounds, where labor is so scarce that "a
Carter

earns 10£ a day", and where sawn timber will be required for innumerable
purposes of general utility, to an extent which will repay the cost of
this simple & not costly tool, even were the Colony to last but a couple
of years.

2. On the same principle of saving manual labor in an
expensive labor market, though in an infinitely less degree than
above, I would suggest the supply of a lithographic press for the
Lithographic pressrecommended
production of such forms and documents as are likely to be
required from the Commissariat for the general purposes of Government.

3. Being ignorant of the amount of provisions transmitted with the
force which has proceeded to Vancouvers Island, it is out of my power to
offer any suggestions on this head.