Hamilton to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's
Treasury, to acquaint you that the Paymaster General has been
authorized to accept and pay two further Bills, drawn for
Military purposes by the Governor of British Columbia, vizt:

No 58 27 June 1859 £2,500

59 8 July "  2,500

 £5,000

charging the same for the present, to the Grant for British Columbia.

My Lords apprehend that these Bills are in addition to
those mentioned in your Letter of the 12th Ultimo, and
request that the Duke of Newcastle will furnish Them with
any further information he may have received, to enable
Them to direct the charges for Army and Navy Services, to
be placed to the proper Account.

Their Lordships trust that the instructions already
conveyed to the Governor of British Columbia, will put a stop
to the Demands upon British Funds, for expenses connected
with the Colony, which should be defrayed from Local Revenue.