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U-' February 191L : .
Sir,
l tor« Idd before the Lords Oo^aisaioir r« of a is
Treasury Sir f, La^loy f s letter of the 19th ultimo
(5491/15), and its enclosures statin that the initial
cost of ths iirhihouse tender prov ded for service in Urn
Persian Clulf is tw orpected to SWW% to ^proxirmtely
£37 t 000 instead of 5 ' , ' ■ -'O as orifinally estimated, and the
amiu-al cost to £5,664 against m original estimate of £5,000.
Their Lordships have already agreed to ciiargs
against imperial fm&B onr half of an expenditure of £34,532
in respect of the initial cost of the tender and 7iiey now
direct me to state, for the information of Secretary Sir
Grey, that They are willing to accept, as a charge efpinst
tliose fur^s, a moiety of the additioml expenditure, within
a limit of £2,500, now proposed.
^ ^ observe that this mount ioclu im a mm of
£502$ 13s5 for insurance against war risks, but, #iile for
? Tlitir part. They think that insurance against a risk which
$ would otherwise f<%11 upon the Stats is not as a rule ms
jl economical course, They do not desire, as the expenditure has
already been incurred, to exclude this item from the above
authority.
My Lords would be glad to b@ furnished with some
explanation of the causes of the increase in the Estimate of
Th« UnJer S.or.t<>ry of ^ ^ ^ rwurring v
foreign Office
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