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2. The Lords Commissioners of the Treasury have authorised the payment to the Commissioners and the Secretary of subsistence allowances at the rate of £2 a night spent on land out of England, and 10s. a night while on board ship on the and locomo expenses passage passages to and from Mauritius, besides the actual
3. The Commission will be accompanied by a shorthand writer and an
The arrangements with regard to these are as follows:-
tion.
assistant
Remuneration (to include services of both shorthand writer and as-istant) £1 1 Od a day from the day of leaving London till the date of return, both inclusive, and sd a folio for typewritten transcript and one carbon copy.
Subsistence Allowances, &c.—Shorthand writer, 15s. a night on land out of England and 3s. a night on board ship, with first-class passage: Assistant, 10%. a night on land and 3s. a night on board ship, with second-class passage. 4. The subsistence allowances and travelling expenses will be paid by the Secretary, who will keep and render the accounts of the Commission, acting as a Sub-Accountant to the Treasury for this purpose.
I am, &c.,
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No. 125
FRANCIS J. S. HOPWOOD.
COLONIAL OFFICE to TREASURY
Answered by No. 127.]
Downing Street, 18 May, 1909. Wrrи reference to your letters of the 30th of April and 6th of May,* I am directed by the Earl of Crewe to transmit to you a copy of a lettert from the Admiralty with regard to the scales of the allowances to be paid in respect of the entertainment of the Mauritius Royal Commissioners and their staff on H.M.S.
Forte "
on the voyage from the Cape to Mauritius.
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2. Lord Crewe understands that the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury are prepared to agree to the payment from the Vote for Temporary Commissions of the allowances proposed by the Admiralty, except that they consider that the Secretary should mess in the Ward Room at the same rate as Vice Consuls, viz. :-12s. a day I am accordingly to request that for the first 14 days and 9s. a day subsequently.
their Lordships' concurrence in these arrangements may be signified to the Admiralty.
will,
3. The payment of these allowances for victualling on H.M.S. "Forte of course, not affect the payment to the Commissioners and their staff of the sub- sistence allowances on board ship sanctioned in your letters mentioned above.
4. With regard to the last paragraph of the Admiralty letter, Lord Crewe understands that the proper course will be for the Admiralty to claim repayment to Navy Votes from the Temporary Commissions Vote.
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State considers that the two shorthand writers may properly be allowed to mess in the Ward Room.
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SIR.
No. 127.
I am, &c.,
H. BERTRAM COX.
TREASURY to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received 21 May, 1909.)
Treasury Chambers, 20th May, 1909. I HAVE laid before the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury Mr. Cox's letter of the 18th instant (16430/1909),* relative to the scale of allowances to be paid in respect of the entertainment of the Mauritius Royal Commissioners and their staff on H.M.S. "Forte " during the voyage from Cape Town to Mauritius.
In reply, I am to request you to inform the Earl of Crewe that my Lords concur in the proposed rates, which they understand are based on the King's Regulations on the subject, viz. :—
£3 a day for the Chairman of the Commission (to be reduced to £1 1s. a day
after the first seven days).
£1 1s. a day for the other Commissioners.
12s. a day for the Secretary and the two Shorthand Writers (to be reduced to
9s. a day after the first 14 days).
My Lords will be prepared to refund the amounts due on this basis from the Vote for Temporary Commissions, on the receipt of a claim from the Admiralty, and they are informing the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty accordingly.
With regard to paragraph 3 of the letter under reply, my Lords agree that the payment of the above allowances for victualling will not affect the payment to the Commission when on board the "Forte" of the subsistence allowances for time spent on board ship sanctioned by Treasury letters of the 30th ultimo and the 6th instant.†
I am, &c.,
G. H. MURRAY.
• No. 125.
† 14639 and 15358: not printed.
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No. 126.
I am, &c.,
H. BERTRAM COX.
SIR,
COLONIAL OFFICE to ADMIRALTY.
Downing Street, 18 May, 1909.
I AM directed by the Earl of Crewe to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the 14th instant,† with regard to the scales of the allowances to be paid in respect
of the entertainment of the Mauritius Royal Commissioners and their staff on H.M.S." Forte" on the voyage from the Cape to Mauritius.
2. I enclose a copy of a lettert which has been addressed to the Treasury after informal communications with that Department, and I am to say the Secretary of
• 14639 and 15358; not printed.
↑ No. 120.
† No. 125.
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