Romaine to Under-Secretary of State

I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty to transmit to you the enclosed statement
and voucher of expenses incurred by this Department
on account of the Colonial Office, in Lady Qur
last, for provisions &c supplied on account of Bentinck Arm, B.C.
Expedition, to the value of thirty nine pounds sixteen shillings & two
pence (£39.16s.2d); and
I am to request you will move Mr Secretary Cardwell,
to cause repayment of the amount to be made to the
credit of Naval Services through Her Majesty's Paymaster-General,
who has been authorized to receive the same.