With reference to
M Elliot's letter of the
20 Instant, & its
Enclosure, respecting the supply of Douglas Pine Seed which has been
shipped to this Country by the Governor of
Vancouver's Island for the
use of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods & Forests, I am
desired by the
Lords Commissoners of Her Majesty's Treasury to
acquaint you, for the information of the
Duke of Newcastle, that as
soon as the Account between the Imperial Government & the Government
of
Vancouver's Island which contains the charge of £65.13.5,
the cost
of collecting the Seeds in question, has been received in this
Department, My Lords will request the repayment of the amount from
the Commissioners of Woods &c.