With reference to your letter of the 
18 inst authorizing the
               issue of half Salary at £75 per annum from the 
10 May to the
               
30 June ultimo to 
M G. Williams of 
British Columbia, I have
               to state that the 
Crown Agents were instructed by the local
               Government, by a letter dated 
13 May last, to pay 
M
                  Williams for 6 months to the 
10 November next at the rate of
               £8.4.11 1/2 per month, and that they have already paid him two
               months to the 
10 instant.
               
               
               
                  
                     
                     Q ought they to have paid it without the Sec of States authority?