Romaine to Under-Secretary of State

In reply to your letter of the 7th Inst in which
you request to be informed to whom the Sum of £500 appropriated
by the Government of British Columbia towards the expense of
the Survey of the Coast of the Colony, is to be paid, I am
commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to request
you will state to the Duke of Newcastle that the contribution in question should be paid into the hands of the Paymaster of the Ship on
the station in which the Officer in charge of the Survey is
borne; and my Lords have instructed the Naval Commander in
Chief to intimate to the Colonial Authorities the name of the
Paymaster (and his ship) to whom the amount is to be paid.
And My Lords request that they may be informed when the annual
contributions are so paid.