Moody to Under-Secretary of State

I have had the honor to receive a communication from H.E.
Governor Douglas covering copies of letters from the Secretary of
State for the Colonies informing me that the Lords Commissioners of
the Treasury have sanctioned the payment to me of the sum of £250 on
account of the passage of myself and two servants to British
Columbia.

I should feel greatly obliged by being further informed whether
instructions have been issued for the payment of £100—in aid of the
passage of Mrs Moody and family.

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In reference to the latter sum I would request a further grant
of £100.

You are already aware from the representation of Captain Grant,
and which I am in a position fully to confirm, that the unavoidable
expenses of the journey were far beyond what any one in England at
the time of leaving could foresee.

The great expenses of the journey, the lowness of my salary and
the extremely high rates of every thing here places me in a position
embarrassing to a degree which I am quite certain was neither
contemplated nor would be approved of by the Secretary of State.