Romaine to Under-Secretary of State

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.