In reply to
Mr Elliot's letter of
6th Instant, 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 the account at the Bank of England, of the Crown Agents for
the Colonies, the sum of £568, in repayment of the amount paid by
the Government of
British Columbia to Messrs. Clarke and Skinner, as
compensation for the premature termination of their Contract for the
supply of meat to the troops stationed at
New Westminster in
1863.