No. 22

I have had the honor to receive Your Grace's despatch No. 69 of
the 12th
of October 1867 on the subject of a correspondence which had
passed between the Colonial Secretary and the Crown Agents
respecting an alleged omission on the part of the latter to
supply the whole of the stores for the Lighthouses included in a
certain requisition made in April 1865.

2. I learn on enquiry that no blame can be attached to the
Crown Agents. The original Requisition drawn up by the
Lighthouse Board was revised by Governor Kennedy in the
Executive Council and several items struck out. This revised
requisition was the only one sent home, and it has been fully
complied with.

3. I enclose a List of the Stores required for the Lighthouses
and beg that Your Grace will be good enough to cause the same to
be forwarded by the earliest opportunity which may present
itself in a sailing vessel.

4. I was not in the Colony at the time the Requisition of April
1865 was made.