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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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