No. 2, Financial

I have the honor to transmit for Your Grace's information
a Return of the value of Imports and Customs Receipts at New Westminster,
British Columbia, for the twelve months ending with the
31st day of December 1859.

2. Your Grace will observe that this Return shews an
increase in Customs Receipts for the December quarter,

of 103 1/8 per cent as compared with the March Quarter,

of 42 1/2 per cent as compared with the June Quarter,

of 16 1/4 per cent as compared with the September Quarter;

The total receipts for the twelve months being £18,464.0.0

3. The duty of Twelve Shillings per ton on Goods and wares
carried from New Westminster to all other places in British
Columbia, came into operation on the 1st day of January 1860. It
is estimated that the duty will produce about £8,000 per
Annum, provided there be no increase of trade; and should trade
increase at the same ratio as last year, the revenue derived
from it will be in excess of that sum.

4. I trust it will soon be in my power to present to Your
Grace a statement of theentire public Revenue collected for the
past year in British Columbia, which will probably be over Fifty
Thousand pounds.