Hamilton to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

In reply to your Letter of the 6th Inst., enclosing
a copy of the Despatch from the Governor of British Columbia,
submitting a Design for a Postage Stamp for the use of that
Colony, I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her
Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of the
Duke of Newcastle, that the Agents General for Crown Colonies
have been authorized to procure a Die, and to forward to the
Governor of British Columbia, one thousand sheets of stamps,
according to the Pattern and of a yellow colour, as requested,
together with three dozen obliterating Dies, and the other
Articles mentioned in the Despatch.