Booth to Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary)

I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for
Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th instant
stating that the Lords Commissoners of the Treasury have consented
to advance the sum of Seven thousand pounds (£7000) required towards
the construction of the two Lighthouses in Fucas Straits and the
entrance of Esquimault Harbour, on condition that one half of this
sum shall be repaid by the Colonies of British Columbia and
Vancouvers Island jointly, and requesting My Lords to cause measures
to be taken for sending out immediately from this Country the
necessary Lighting Apparatus.

In reply, I am to acquaint you, for the information of Secretary Sir
Edward Bulwer Lytton, that My Lords will give instructions for the
construction of the Lanterns and Lighting Apparatus which will be
required for these two Lighthouses with the least possible delay.

To assist the Colonial Authorities in carrying out the undertaking, I
am to enclose a Copy of a further Memorandum of Captain Sulivan of
this Department, together with drawings on the subject shewing the
dimension which will be required at the top of the Towers.

My Lords believe that the cost of the lanterns and apparatus
including gallery rails, to be sent to this Country will not exceed
Three thousand three hundred pounds (£3300) inclusive of freight, but
My Lords will give more specific information on this point when the
Tenders are received.