Arbuthnot to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am commanded by the Lords Commissoners of Her Majesty's Treasury to
acquaint you, for the information of the Duke of Newcastle, that
since the date of their letter of 4th May last, they have considered
that it would be more consistent to provide the sum of £7000 for the
erection of two Lighthouses in Vancouver's Island in the Estimate for Lighthouses abroad.

I am to transmit copy of a letter from the Board of Trade and to state that their Lordships agree with the opinion therein expressed that all sums advanced in the Colony on account of the Lighthouses
should be drawn for upon, and all accounts in respect of the Works
carried on in the Colony rendered to, the Board of Trade.

I am to request that, if His Grace approves of this arrangement,
instructions may be given to the Governor of British Columbia, as
requested by the Board of Trade.