Hamilton to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's
Treasury to acquaint you that a Bill has been presented at the
Office of the Paymaster General, for the sum of £250, drawn
by Mr W.A.G. Young, for the Governor of British Columbia;
and I am to request that you will move the Duke of Newcastle to
inform Their Lordships whether Mr Young has

been authorized
to draw Bills for the Governor of the afore-mentioned Colony,
and whether His Grace would recommend that this Bill should
be accepted.

An early reply is requested.