I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch
               Separate of the 
3d of November last reporting that the 
Crown Agents had
               been instructed to repay the sum of Three Pounds being the amount of the
               Stamp Duty due on the Warrants of Messrs 
Gordon and 
Carey as
               Treasurer and Attorney General for 
Vancouver Island; and to acquaint
               you that the agents have since repaid the sum in question.