I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Grace's
               Despatch N 22, of the 
5 May last, upon the subject of
               the
               
Advances
               
               Advances made from the Imperial Treasury in aid of the
               Colony of 
British Columbia, and pointing out to me the Accounts
               that will be required from the Colony, both to discharge those
               Advances, and to account for the receipt and expenditure of the
               Revenue raised in the Colony; and I beg to assure Your Grace
               that the various points touched upon in Your Grace's Despatch
               shall meet with
               
my
               
               my most careful attention.