No. 8

I duly received Your Grace's Despatch No 66 of the 15th August last, acquainting me that the Lords Commissoners of the Treasury had
directed the acceptance and payment of the Bill for £430, which I had
drawn to effect the final settlement on account of the cost of
Building the Light Houses in Fuca's Straits.

2. I feel very grateful to Her Majesty's Government for the
essential aid afforded by the advance of the funds required for the
erection of these Lighthouses; for otherwise the work could not have
been undertaken and successfully carried through. I will take the
earliest fitting opportunity of bringing to the notice of the local
Legislature the necessity of providing for the repayment of the
proportion of that advance due from the Colony, but Your Grace is
aware our Revenue is very scanty, and our wants numerous and urgent,
and I doubt not Her Majesty's Government will afford us reasonable
time to meet our obligations.