<persName ref="prs:romaine_wg"><surname>Romaine</surname>, <forename>William</forename> <forename>Govett</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:merivale_h"><surname>Merivale</surname>, <forename>Herman</forename></persName> 18 October 1859, CO 305:12, no. 10470, 68. Romaine addressee Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

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Public Offices document. Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (2), Other documents (3).

Romaine forwards a statement, accompanied by Vouchers, of expenses…incurred by the Naval Department for stores supplied to the Colonial Department.

 Romaine, William Govett
Admiralty
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Romaine to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary) 10470, CO 305/12, p. 68; received 19 October
Admiralty
18 October 1859

I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to enclose a statement, accompanied by Vouchers, of expenses, amounting to Fifteen pounds, fourteen shillings, and three pence, incurred by the Naval Department for stores supplied to the Colonial Department, for the Quarter ended the 30th June last; and to request that you will move His Grace The Duke of Newcastle to cause repayment of the amount to be made to the credit of Naval Services, through Her Majesty's Paymaster General, who has been authorised to receive the same.

I am etc. W.G. Romaine
Mr Elliot The charge of 12s/ for Colonel Hawkins is a Foreign Office matter—no doubt for the service of the Boundary Commissioners.

We have no infn concerning the claim on acct of the Falklands.

ABd 19 Oct
Mr Blackwood Forward the demand in respect to the "Satellite" to the Foreign Office and tell the Admiralty that we have done so, stating in both letters that we do so as we presume that this must have been a supply for the use of [the] Boundary Comrs.

Tell the Governor of the Falklands that we have been placed in possession of the receipt of the Colonial Secretary for this supply of which the cost amounts to £15.2.3, and instruct him to remit the money forthwith to this Country, in order that the same may be paid to the Naval Dept.

For drafts.

TFE 19 Octr
"Statement for Midsummer Quarter 1859, of Expenses incurred by [the Department of the Comptroller of Victualling and Transport Services] on account of Supplies to the account of Colonial Office," dated 17 September 1859.
Receipt, dated 05 February 1859, for provisions received by the colonial secretary in the Falklands from HMS Cumberland.
Draft reply, Newcastle to Governor Moore, Falkland Islands, No. 15, 26 October 1859, asking that the required sum be remitted to the crown agents.
Draft, Elliot to E. Hammond, Foreign Office, 2 November 1859, forwarding the voucher for stores supplied to the boundary commission and asking the Foreign Office to cover that part of the claim.
Draft, Elliot to Secretary to the Admiralty, 2 November 1859, advising of the steps taken by the Colonial Office for payment of the account.