In reply to your letter of the
10th Inst. I am directed
by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint
you that Their Lordships agree with the view taken by the
Duke of
Newcastle that the coin, to the value of £6900, which was sent
out to
British Columbia in
1860 cannot be considered as a grant to
the Colony in addition to the sums voted by Parliament.
Instructions will be given for
the the repayment of that charge out
of the Parliamentary Grant for the Colony as signified in the
Treasury letter of
25th October 1860.