With reference to your Letter of the
22nd Octr last, I am commanded
by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you
that the Paymaster General has been authorized to accept & pay a Bill
drawn by
James Douglas Esq
re, Governor of
Vancouvers Island, for
the sum of £2000
For expenses connected with the occupation of
Sn Juan by the
Americans.
for the Service of the Colony.