In reply to your letter of the 
16 Ult I have
               the honor to state, for the information of the 
Duke of
                  Newcastle, that after meeting the Bill for £5,000 (which by
               your letter the 
Crown Agents are authorized to accept) the
               balance in hand belonging to the Government of 
British
                  Columbia will be £8419.7.7 from which the sum of £6250
               will have to be disbursed during the early part
of
 of the
               current month for the payments on account of the Interest
               and Sinking Fund of the Loans of that Colony.