In reference to your letter of
15th Instant, I am
commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to
acquaint you for the information of
Mr Secretary Cardwell,
that forty nine pounds, seven shillings (£49.7.0) are due to the
Commander of H.M.S. "
Devastation" for the entertainment of
the
Bishop of "Columbia" when proceeding from
Esquimalt to
Fort Simpson, and the North East Coast of
British Columbia,
and back to
Esquimalt, and I am to request that you will
move
Mr Cardwell to cause that amount to be transferred
to Naval Funds in the hands of the Paymaster
General—the
passage occupied the period from
29th March to 1st May/63.