With reference to 
Mr Elliot's letter of the 
24th
                  Ultimo, I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of Her
               Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of
               the 
Duke of Newcastle, that They have forwarded to the
               Paymaster General the life Certificate of 
Colonel Moody,
               R.E. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works in 
British Columbia, for 
the Quarter to 30th June last, with
instructions
 instructions
               to him to pay to Mess
rs Cox & Co., as Agents for 
Colonel
                  Moody, the sum of £300 for his salary for that period.
               
               Their Lordships, at the same time, desire me to state
               that they will in future forward the Life Certificate, as
               received from your Department, to the Paymaster General at the
               time when directions are given for payment of the Salary, by
               which arrangement all further difficulty will be avoided.