Hamilton to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majestys Treasury to
acquaint you that Two Bills of Exchange—for £600 and £400
respectively—drawn by James Douglas Esqr, Governor of Vancouver's Island—have been left at the office of the Paymaster General, and I
am to request that you will inform My Lords whether, in the opinion
of the Duke of Newcastle, these Bills should be accepted and paid.