I transmit to you with reference to my Despatch of the 
8th May,
               No. 31, a copy of a letter from the Crown Agents dated the 
10th Ultimo,
               reporting that remittances had been received from 
British Columbia,
               sufficient to meet the interest on their Loans falling due on the 
1st
               and 
13thof of this month
 of this month, but that a sum of £5175 was still due for
               contribution to the Sinking Fund, which will be increased by a further
               sum of £4050 on the 
15th of this month.
               
               The Despatch which I addressed to the late Governor on the 
13th
                  April, No. 23, has so clearly pointed out the necessity of punctual
               remittances being made for the payment of Interest and Sinking Fund and
               the serious consequences to the Colony if they are not made, that I need
               only call
your
 your attention to it.