I transmit to you herewith a copy of the Colonial Estimates which
have been voted by Parliament for the year ending
31st March 1860,
containing at page 4, a vote for
British Columbia.
It is necessary
that that I should point out to you that a large portion
of this vote is intended to provide for expenditure incurred in this
Country in connection with the Royal Engineer party, and that the amount
of the Estimate represents the whole sum which the House of Commons has
placed at the disposal of Her Majesty's Government on account of
British
Columbia, since the formation of the Colony.