"You are hereby directed and required out of such monies as are or shall come to your hands, for the contingent or extraordinary expences of His Majesty's Forces under my Command, to pay, or cause to be paid to, Major General Eyre Massey or his Assigns without deduction the sum of Six Thousand Three Hundred and Ninety Eight Pounds Eleven Shillings and Four Pence Halifax Currency equal to Five Thous" . . . .