In reply to your letter of the
16 Ult I have
the honor to state, for the information of the
Duke of
Newcastle, that after meeting the Bill for £5,000 (which by
your letter the
Crown Agents are authorized to accept) the
balance in hand belonging to the Government of
British
Columbia will be £8419.7.7 from which the sum of £6250
will have to be disbursed during the early part
of of the
current month for the payments on account of the Interest
and Sinking Fund of the Loans of that Colony.