No. 36

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Grace's
despatch No 6 of the 22nd January transmitting copy of a
letter from the War Office in reference to an application made
by the Royal Engineer Officers in British

Columbia for compensation for the loss of property they had sustained in the
burning of the "Briseis", and I beg to acquaint your Grace that I have agreeably to your instructions communicated your decision in this matter to Coll Moody.