I am directed by
Secretary Lieutenant General Peel to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the
20 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 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.