With reference to 
Mr Elliot's Letter of the 
12th Instant I am
               commanded by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to
               request that you will state to Secretary 
Sir John Pakington that the
               Instructions proposed to be given to the Governor of 
Van Couver's Island
               with respect to the rights of the Crown in 
Queen Charlotte's Island,
               being in conformity with those already issued for the Australian
               Colonies, My Lords do not object to their being transmitted to him, as
               proposed by 
Sir John Pakington; but They think it may be desirable to
               point out to the Governor of 
Van Couver's island the necessity 
of
of
               keeping the Sums received on account of Licenses to search for Gold in
               
Queen Charlotte's Island, separate and distinct from any other Revenue
               that may be received in the Colony.