Godley to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

With reference to your letter of the 17th Ultimo,
regarding the advance of £800 made to Messrs Cox & Co.
by the Treasury on account of the Officers of the British
Columbian Expedition, I am directed by Secretary Major
General Peel to acquaint you that credit has been given
for that amount by Colonel Moody in the first account
rendered by him. The amount has thus been brought to account
in this office, and as it will in due course be wholly
claimed by the Commissioners of Audit, on behalf of the
Treasury Chest, it does not appear that any steps in regard
thereto are at present necessary.