With reference to your letter of the
8th Ulto and its enclosed
report from
Governor Douglas, Stating that he will be compelled to
draw upon the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury for the sum of
£1000 to defray the cost of Barracks for the Troops occupying
St
Juan:
I am directed to state for the information of the Secretary of State
for the Colonial Department, that the sanction
of of the Lords of the
Treasury has been obtained to the expenditure in question.