Office
disburse
whatever Sum you may in the payment of any expences of transport by Land and Sea which you
1841. May 29,
incur",
I trust Your Lordship will
permit me respectfully
to claim
the same extra allowance as my
predecessor;
(signed) J. F. Davis.
& my
Copy
To Lords,
Foreign Office,
February 12, 1844.
I have the honour to acquaint your
Lordships that her Majesty's Plenipotentiary
in China, Chief Superintendent
of British Trade in China, and Governor of the Island of Hong Kong, has represented to me that Sir Henry Pottinger, on proceeding to China, was allowed an
Outfit of £2,000, being one third of the
amount of salary assigned to him;
and Mr Davis has requested
that a similar indulgence may be extended
to himself on proceeding to discharge the same duties which have been
imposed
To Lords Commissioners of H.M. Treasury.