Trevelyan to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of Her
Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you that the Paymaster General
has been authorized to issue the sum of £800 to Col. Moody
on account of the expenses of a party of 12 Royal Engineers
who are to proceed to British Columbia via Panama under the
charge of Capt. Grant R.E.