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
28 April last transmitting an account of the Expenditure up
to the
31 December 1868 for services in connection with the
Military occupation of
San Juan, the accompanying copy of a
letter from the
Admiralty dated the
14 inst 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
31 March 1869, if it has not been already received, and
to transmit
to transmit for the future the accounts for this Service within
the period specified by the
Admiralty.