No. 61

I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of Your Grace's Despatch No
59 of 12 June, upon the subject of the services on account of which I
had drawn Bills upon Her Majesty's Paymaster General.

2. In return thereto I have the honor to acquaint Your Grace, that
the only service for which this Government has drawn Bills upon the Imperial Treasury has been in
connection with San Juan, principally to defray the cost of erecting
Barracks for the Royal Marines, and to pay the extra Pay granted to
them by Her Majesty's Government; accounts for the whole of which up
to the 31st March past have already been transmitted by me to Your
Grace.

3. I will take care in future, in compliance with Your Grace's
instructions, that the service on account of which Bills may be drawn
shall be distinctly marked on the Bills themselves.

4. I forward herewith a Statement of all Bills drawn by me on
account of these Services, up to the present time; but I have never
upon any occasion drawn any Bills without representing the
circumstances to Your Grace, and advising the Paymaster General of
the particulars of each separate Bill.