Hamilton to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am directed by the Lords Commissoners of Her Majesty's Treasury,
to acquaint you that the Paymaster General has been ordered to accept
a Bill for £1,000, being portion of £2,000 referred to in your Letter
of the 22nd Instant, which has been drawn by the Governor of
Vancouver's Island, on account of expenses incurred in consequence of
the occupation of the Island of San Juan by a body of American
Troops.

Their Lordships request that you will move the Duke of Newcastle to
Communicate with the War Department, with a view to some provision
being made in the Army Estimates, for the expenses that may be
incurred for this service.