No. 109, Miscellaneous

I have duly received your Despatch No 59 of the 29th
December last, forwarding to me Copy of a Despatch from Her
Majesty's Minister at Washington upon the subject of the
loan made by me as Governor of Vancouver's Island, from my
private purse, on the urgent appeal of Governor Stevens,
to assist the Citizens of Washington Territory in their
necessities in the year 1856, and I trust through your kind
exertions the money will ultimately be repaid.