House Commo
Admiralty
Agent
Board of Trad
Board
Foreign
Office
Home
Office
Ordnanc
Treasur
Copy of Treasury Minute dated
5th May
1846.-
8726 - Transit a Copy of this letter and of the accompanying Statement to the decretary to the Admiralty and request that he will shove the Lords Commissioners to dinst the Commanding Officer of the Serpent to furnish all the information. in his power on the subject to which they related after he has inspected the box at the Mint. –
Copy of Trea.
sury
Minute dated
th May. 1846. –
Write to the Master of the Mint that
Capt Revile late Commander oft most "Serpent" and Dep? less! Com: Gen. Routh now serving
serving in Ireland, who
who assisted in the receipt & examination
of the Treasure, have been directed to attend at the Mint for the purpose of giving all the information
mation in their power calculated to elucidate the manner in which this prand has been perpetrated-
Also transen't the following documento relating to the receipt & disposal of the 6th. Instalment of the China Indemnity -
Original letter from Foreign Office dated 30 October 184,5 with various enclosures from
L
A
Sir S. Davis and Invoice and Bill of Lading.
178
2. Their Lordships Minute thereon
dated 4 November 1845.
3 . Letter pom Dep ? Com : Gen? Miller dated ount of Expenses
Arnd
account
25 July 1865-enclosing incurred at Canton in recovering
shipping the 6th Instalment -
and the
44. Mr. Miller's letter dated 28th January
1846.
5.
Copy of letter from Dep? Ap! Com : Gen! Routh to Mr. Archer dated Dublin 7 May 1846 describing the manner in which the Treasie was received by the Offices of the Commissariat, examined and transferred to the Naval Offiens apifiointed to receive it.
Their Lordships desire that the Master of the Mint will from the sources of information above indicated and from any
hat may
be available to him, strictly
others that
investigate the circumstances connected with this prand so far as they
accertained in this
Ca
ве
Country
and report
the result in detail to this Board in order
that
Board
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House o Commo Admiralty
Agent
Board of Trad
Board
Foreign
Office
Home
Office
Ordnance
Treasury
that Iinstructions
may
be sent to the Governor
of Hong Kong by the next mail to complete the investigation
the spot and if possible to
Ora
recover the value of the Syges Silver abstracted and to bring the Perpetrator of the prand to
Justice.
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