Lugard to Under-Secretary of State

I am directed by Secretary Lieutenant General Peel to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th Ultimo
forwarding an application for Guns, Ammunition, &c for the
Artillery Volunteers of British Columbia and in reply to
acquaint you for the information of the Secretary of State
for the Colonies that the present state of the store will
not admit of the supply of Guns of the nature demanded, but
that two 24 Pou[nd] Howitzers with the necessary Side Arms and
stores have been ordered to be sent out on loan, on the usual
conditions, with two hundred rounds of Ammunition per
Howitzer on payment.

The one hundred sets of Artillery Accoutrements demanded
will also be supplied.