OBSERVATIONS. 
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Provisions — continued. 
to this service, if part of it were ex- 
pended in sending them only to Sierra 
Leone, and he were allowed with the 
remainder to hire or purchase a vessel 
at Sierra Leone, to take them on 
with him to the mouth of the 
Quorra. He states that the sum esti- 
mated will cover the expense of this 
altered arrangement likely to be use- 
ful to the Service. 
9. In the estimate laid before Par- 
liament, it was stated by mistake, 
that this supply was meant for the 
sick. It should have been stated, 
that it was to be served out to the 
crew, instead of salt provisions. 
10. In consideration that it will This 500Z. may go to- 
be feasible up the Quorra to purchase wards the additional ex- 
fresh provisions at a low price, Cap- penses of the Kroomen, 
tain Trotter is of opinion, that this if that additional expense 
sum may be struck out, and that the should be sanctioned by 
sum of 1,104^. in the previous esti- the Government. 
mate will be sufficient for this item. 
We recommend that it should be 
struck out accordingly. 
Salaries and Wages. 
11. This item is estimated at 4,000?. 
in the letter of Lord John Russell, 
already laid before Parliament. 
