I have the honor to inform you that the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty have claimed the sum of £22..1.0 as due to
Commander Joliffe
of Her Majesty's Ship "
Devastation" on account of the expense incurred
for your entertainment from the
27th September to the 4th October on
board that ship during your tour of inspection.
I have instructed the Crown Agents to pay this sum to the credit of
Naval funds in the hands of the Paymaster General, and I have to request
you to repay to them this amount.