8:44 of 1849.
De closure 1.03 in Despi
(Copy)
No. 105.
the
Hongkong by the Board
the Government of
"Expences brought against
for Departmental.
propriety of the charge General, questioning Letter from the Auditor
of Ordnance
10th April, 1849.
f..
84
Gouttionen,
your
Colonial Office, Victoria,
10th April, 1849.
Hongkong, 10th
I have the honor to acknowledge
letter of the 3rd Instant, and to enclose
for your information, by direction of His Excellency the Governor, the accompanying copy of letter No.5 of this date, from the
~General relative to the charge of £101.5.3 for Departmental Expenses upon the sum of £675.1.9 for Timber supplied by your Department to the Civil Government here.
If the timber in question
was
purchased in this Colony and did not involve
any of the expenses named
by the Honorable
Board of Ordnance in the Circulars of July 1825 and June, 1832, as surmised by the
The Board of
Respective Officers.