With reference to your letter of the
18 of September
last, and its Enclosure from the Governor of
British Columbia,
on the subject of the claim upon that Colony for £10704.16.7
for the cost of the buildings erected for the Corps of Royal
Engineers I am desired by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's
Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of
M Secretary
Cardwell, that Their Lordships are not prepared to consent to
any further postponement of the repayment of the sum in question.
My Lords have lately received
a a communication from the Crown
Agents reporting that they are prepared to pay this sum, and directions
have been given to the Pay Master General to receive it accordingly.