With reference to your letter of the
22nd ulto: I am commanded by
the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you
that the Paymaster General has been authorized to accept and pay a
Bill drawn by
Mr W.D. Gosset, Acting Treasurer,
Vancouver's Island
for the sum of £280, being a further payment on account of Expenses
at
Vancouver's Island in consequence of the occupation of
St Juan by
the United States Troops.