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M META
RE
24 SEP
1863
ADMIRALTY,
24 Sept 1863
17
SIR,
4996.
THE expenses specified on the other side hereof having been incurred by the Naval Department Associating(?) for the services stated, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to request that you will move the Duke of Buckingham(?) to cause repayment of the sum in question to be made to the credit of Naval Services, through Her Majesty's Paymaster-General, who has been authorized to receive the same.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
M. J. Domine(?) under Secretary of State Colonial Office