SAN FRANCISCO, September 15, 1850.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit, herewith, a statement ofaccounts for the first two quarters of my official duties. By the mail� which leaves this place on Tuesday next, I will transmit statements of other quarters of subsequent date, and bring accounts up to the present. My delay in not having transmitted statements heretofore was occasioned by having a trunk, containing my vouchers and papers, lost, for a time, in the confusion of transportation here. Hereafter, I hope to have no difficulty in reporting once in each quarter, unless I may be far in the interior, beyond comrnunication with the mails.
I have never had any blanks whatever, except those of the Indo-American language. Those I have used were obtained from Captain Sutter, who, ou declining to accept the appointment for the Sacramento valley, handed his papers to me, and I have made use of a portion of them. Will you do me the favor to have some forwarded to me?
I have the honor to be, yours, very respectfully,
ADAM JOHNSTON.
