Trevelyan to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

With reference to the letter of this Board of the 25th
ult,

I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of Her
Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you that the Paymaster General
has been authorized to accept and pay a Bill drawn by Captain Parsons R.E. for the sum of £187.14. for the service of the
detachment under his command proceeding to Vancouvers Island.