I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's
               Treasury to acquaint you for the information of the Secretary of
               State for the Colonies, with reference to your letter of the 
8th
                  Inst, that My Lords approve of the Grant to 
Mr Watson, late
               Treasurer of 
British Columbia, of six months Salary and a free
               passage home for himself, Wife, and family, as recommended by His
               Grace the 
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos.