With reference to 
Mr Elliot's letter of the 
2nd
                  Instant, enclosing copies of despatches from the Governor of
               
British Columbia relative to the new Assay Office in that
               Colony, I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her
               Majesty's Treasury to transmit herewith, for the information
               of the 
Duke of Newcastle, Copy of a letter from the Master
               of the Mint on the subject.