With reference to your letter of the 27
th
Inst;
I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's
Treasury to acquaint you that the Paymaster General has
been authorized to pay to Mess
r Cox on account of
Col Moody the sum of £82.3.10 as an advance for 120
days on the pay of the Staff Assistant Surgeon attached
to the Expedition to
British Columbia.