I have to acquaint you that a claim has been received from the
Admiralty for repayment of the cost of the entertainment of the Bishop
of
British Columbia and of his Chaplain in H.M's Gunboat "
Forward" in
September last, amounting to £34-6/-.
This charge is one which should be defrayed from the Colonial
Revenues and in the absence of any funds in this Country belonging to
British Columbia,
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I have requested the Lords Commissioners of the
Treasury to repay the
Admiralty out of the Parliamentary Grant
for the
Colony. A diminution to the extent of £34-6 is thus occasioned in the
amount of the grant available for the general service of
British
Columbia.