I have to acquaint you that a claim has been received from the
               
Admiralty for repayment of the cost of the entertainment of the Bishop
               of 
British Columbia and of his Chaplain in H.M's Gunboat "
Forward" in
               
September last, amounting to £34-6/-.
               
               This charge is one which should be defrayed from the Colonial
               Revenues and in the absence of any funds in this Country belonging to
               
British Columbia, 
I
I have requested the Lords Commissioners of the
               Treasury to repay the 
Admiralty out of the Parliamentary Grant
               
               for the
               Colony. A diminution to the extent of £34-6 is thus occasioned in the
               amount of the grant available for the general service of 
British
                  Columbia.