No. 1
Downing Street,
3 January 1859
Sir,
With reference to my despatch No 49 of the 1st of December I have to acquaint you that the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury have authorized the Paymaster General to accept and pay a further Bill for One hundred and eighty seven pounds fourteenshillingsManuscript image shillings (£187.14.-) drawn by Captn Parsons R.E. on account of the detachment of Royal Engineers under his command.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble servant
E B Lytton

Governor Douglas, C.B.
&c &c &c
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Sir James 3 January 1859, LAC :, 1. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/B597001.html.

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