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.