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Proposed Form of Order to an Officer on Commissioning a Ship of the Royal

Colonial Navy.

By the Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, &c.

Having allowed you to volunteer to command the

a ship-of-war belonging to the Colony of

which the

men, you are

Government of that Colony has ordered to be fitted, stored, and victualled at

for service at sea, and mauned with hereby required, and directed to cause the utmost dispatch to be used, so far as the same may depend upou you, in getting her ready for sea accordingly, and having so done, you will follow such orders as you may receive from the authorities of the said colony, and in conformity with the provisions of the Act of the Imperial Legislature, entitled An Act to make better Provision for the Naval Defence of the Colonies," passed in the 28th year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria.

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(Signed by two Lords Commissioners of the

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belonging to the

The Officer Commanding the Royal Colonial

Ship Colony of

By Command of their Lordships,

A. B., Secretary,

Proposed Form of Order to an Officer on Appointment to a Ship of the Royal

of

Colonial Navy.

By Command of the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United King- dom of Great Britain and Ireland, &c.

hereby appointed

of the Royal Colonial Ship

belonging to the Colony

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty having appointed you of the Royal Colonial Ship

Lordships hereby direct you to repair on board that ship at

their

and then to follow the orders of the Authorities of the said Colony, in com- formity with the provisions of the Act of the Imperial Legislature, entitled "An Act to make better Provision for the Naval Defence of the Colonies," passed in the 28th year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria.

You are further desired to report to me the day on which you shall have joined her, and to acknowledge the receipt of this communication forthwith, addressing your letter to-

The Secretary of the Admiralty, Whitehall, S. W., through the Senior Officer of the Station.

By Command of their Lordships,

A. B. (Secretary of the Admiralty).

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26th September, 1015-

I have the hover to forward

Lists of Stationery and small stores required by this Covemment for the Service of the year 1806, and shall be obliged by their being handed to the Crown agents with instruction

The Right Ammable.

Edward Cardwell M. P.

Ac,

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