I am informed by the Lord Commissioners. of the Admiralty that the sum of
£19.13.0 is due to the Ward Room Officers of H.M.S. "
Devastation" for
the entertainment of
Mr. H.G. Lewis, who it appears was employed as
Pilot and Interpreter under your authority, when the "
Devastation"
proceeded
(as (as reported in your despatch No. 33 of the
21st of May) on
service among the different tribes of Indians along the coast from
Vancouver
Island to
Fort Simpson between the months of
March and
May last.
As this is a charge which should be defrayed from Colonial funds I
have instructed the Crown Agents General to pay the amount to the credit
of
Naval Naval Services, and I have to request that you will remit to them
£19.13.0 in repayment.