In compliance with the instructions contained in Your Graces despatch
N 7 of the
24 February last I have the honor to forward herewith
an explanation from
M Watson, the Treasurer of this Colony, of the
discrepancy between the Balance of the Account
of![Manuscript image Manuscript image](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~coldesp/jpg_scans/jpg_thumbnail/co_305_20/co_305_20_00205v.jpg)
of Receipts and
Disbursements of Imperial Funds in connection with the
Island of San
Juan &c remaining in hand on the
31ëst December 1861 and the amount
brought forward on the
1 January 1862.