No. 30

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 23
of the 11th of March, enclosing a copy of a Resolution passed by the
Legislative Council, representing the hardship of enforcing the payment
of the claim on account of the Buildings lately occupied by the Royal
Engineers.

By my Despatch No. 7 of the 24th of February, you will have learned
that I had not failed to bring your representations on this subject
before the Lords Commissoners of the Treasury, but that their Lordships
had felt unable to adopt your proposal that the Colony should be
relieved of the present charge. It will therefore be necessary to
defray it out of the proceeds of the Loan at any future time when the
Crown Agents may be able to succeed in raising the money.