With reference to 
M Elliot's letter of the 
22
                  ultimo, we have the honor to state that, having made several
               enquiries at the office of HM's Paymaster General for 
Colonel Moody's salary as Commissioner of Works, 
British Columbia, we are
               informed that 
the Treasury Authority to issue the same for
               
December quarter 1861 has not been received by that department.
               
               We beg, therefore, to request that you will be good enough
to
 to
               cause the necessary directions to be issued in the usual manner.