Smith to Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary)

With reference to your letter of the 5th Instant,
transmitting a Receipt with other Documents in support of
a payment made by the Colonial Treasurer at British Columbia,
in respect of the Pension of Joseph Cue, late of the Irish
Constabulary, for the period from 1st April to 31 st
Decr 1863, I am directed by the Paymaster General to acquaint
you, for the information of the Secretary of State for the
Colonies, that in compliance with your request, directions
have been given, to the Branch of the Paymaster General's
Department in Dublin, to cause the amount (issued by the
Colonial Treasurer on account of this Pension vizt £21.15.0)
to be placed to the Credit of the Crown Agents for the
Colonies at the Bank of England.

Referring to the Concluding paragraph in your letter,
I am directed to add that, so long as the Pensioner continues
to reside in the Colony, it would appear to be the wish of the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (with the sanction of the Secretary
of State) that he should continue to be paid by the Colonial Treasurer.