Treasury
to the Agents having contracted for
with nut Treasury authority the 3rd 4th Supplies with them, repicating Lord Kimberley', observations.
Considering that in the 145 instance
occasion so for
the Agents also made the contract before they got permisin to have the punches Tent down, & that the Lreauery them died not remark on it, & that on the 2nd
as appears the Lane Course was taken, the Treavery make their objection rather feebly now, fither probably anam from the other civemmalinens alluded to in this letter, which do not affec the present point issue.
On the other hand I think it would
proper
have been retsmall to have consulted
the Treasury ppt m
pt on this occasion; on the
old occasion their application for the
Benches besed
war
the fact that the
Kuder from the Ibpanty master that the
Mint was fully semployed for &months, but
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& therefore they have not the cave excuse for entering into a contract now which they had then, before they have obtained authority for that which was to the performance of absolutely necessary
the
tract a their parti
The last paragraph of this letter implies that the Treasury with the C.O. to ask for the authority for the future, is. that the Agents should not correspond direct with the Treasury, this second to me reasonable.
On the whole Swould suffers a reply that Lord Kimberley back. will be ready in to try affect to their he objection free finnes
no
Lordships wither for the future, & that with reference to this particular transaction the intention of ordering further supplies as announced in letter of 11 March ) had been carried out by his Lordship & that as the Agents in cxccution of his Lordships general
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