Richards to Under-Secretary of State

In transmitting herewith the accompanying documents relative
to the Government cargo shipped in the "Thames City" for New Westminster in September 1858; I request that you will be pleased to inform me of the amount of tonnage on which the brokers
of the Vessel should be paid

freight, and whether any, and if so,
what charge is to be made against them on account of Stores
damaged or deficient.