Stansfeld to Under-Secretary of State

I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's
Treasury to transmit to you, herewith, for the information of
the Secretary of State with reference to your letter of the
28th April last transmitting an account of the Expenditure up
to the 31st December 1868 for services in connection with the
Military occupation of San Juan, the accompanying copy of a
letter from the Admiralty dated the 14th instt as to the
expenses of the Detachment of Royal Marines at San Juan since
that date, and I am to request that the Governor of British
Columbia may be instructed to forward as soon as possible the
statement of expenditure for this service for the Quarter ended
31st March 1869, if it has not been already received, and
to transmit for the future the accounts for this Service within
the period specified by the Admiralty.