Moody to Under-Secretary of State

I solicit instructions may be given for me to receive (paid to
my agents Messrs Cox & Co) the passage allowance for myself and
two Servants to B. Columbia via New York and Panama. I find on the
best authority that the actual cost in the most narrow and restricted
style (not including sundry unavoidable expenses on route) will
not be less but probably exceed £250.0s.0d. I venture to
hope the Secretary of State will sanction such amount being granted
to me in aid of my actual expenses. I would go out in a manner
befitting a Military command and the position of honour and trust
generally of which he has done me the honour to deem me worthy.