No. 32

I have had the honor to receive your despatch No. 17 of
the 21st of June directing me to furnish certain explanations
which the Lords Commissoners of Her Majesty's Treasury require
to enable their Lordships to judge whether the Revenue of 1864
is properly disposed of [in] the Ordinance No. 3 of this year.

2. In obedience to Your commands I have now the honor to
forward the Colonial Estimates for 1864 prepared in the forms
A and B. I enclose also a copy of the speech with which my
Predecessor opened the Legislative Session.

3. The Appropriation Ordinance was passed before my arrival
in this Colony.