Impossible at an approximate estimate of the cost for the force which it was found necessary to maintain in Stoughton, for garrison duty. It is contemplated now that the force to be permanently stationed in the Colony shall be about 1000 strong, including Artillery, and the question simply resolves itself into the proportion of the cost for the troops which the Colony at Revenue is able to bear.
The actual cost, judging from analogy, may be stated at about £100,000. An amount which will probably be subject to some slight reduction when it shall have become expedient to abolish...