In reply to
Mr Elliot's letter of the
18th 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
Capt. Kennedy, C.B. the sum of £800, as the Passage Allowance to
which he is entitled on his return home from administering the
Government of
Vancouver Island, upon its union with the Colony of
British Columbia.