Hamilton to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)

With reference to your letter of the 28th Ult. transmitting
a requisition for Articles required for the Assay Office in British Columbia, I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majestys
Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of the Duke of
Newcastle that Their Lordships see no objection to the Agents
General being authorized to procure the Articles mentioned in the
Requisition, the cost thereof to be considered as an advance to be
repaid from Colonial Funds.

Their Lordships presume that when the actual cost has been
ascertained it will be necessary to issue the amount to the Agents
General from the Grant for British Columbia.