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
rs Cox & Co on account of 
Col
                  Moody R.E. (Commissioner of Land & Works in 
British Columbia)
               the sum of £300 for Salary due to him at the rate of £1.200
               per Annum for the Quarter to 
30th June last, as requested
               in 
Mr Elliot's Letter of the 
25th Instant.