aad w will I 50 wexy gl^d ie wt.'lli y©a s© titoi ye® eaua 
stay on fe««rd HSKMHES £m tl» oaetira «Say Mtlmit any a4<i.tl<asal 
ehargs ^eept for aetial ©asb ^igpsailinjpos m tm4 ©te, 
I sRiigast that m, ir®4in stays at tb® Mbit© Sands Bet©! 
in Artiigua^ if h® plans to stay her# a wMla, and at regards 
l^inidad th# large Qmmm Park HotA is tlse test town, and I m 
afraid ttet I do not kiwir t!iat city w^l enongii t© roeorond yon 
to a sumller one* 
li^ardix® final payajents in th@ eas# &£ tJi# balane® of 
t^ oharter foe, e«ir owner prefers dollars whidh b© banks with 
the Bsnk of England in London and there'fcy b» is allowed a oertata 
^ota of B.S.dollars itowri he visits the Itoited States in ooimeetlon 
with teaslaess activities Idler©# Perhaps therefore yon ■lanild ^y 
by ordinary cbeqa® or a dcO-lar draft drawn in favour of the ’♦Kortb 
mrlr® aM Industrial Consultants Ltd*” so ttsat w® e« forwsx^ it 
directly to Lon«ten, As r egards tb© cash for food and oth«* Inel*. 
dental ®Ep®i«®® of the voyage, this sl»uld be drawn in our fs-mar, 
since it is entirely our imsiness to deal with the catering and 
maintenance ©etivities. Incidentally there is n© need to pay us 
until the end of the cruise, though perhaps you would be kind 
e*»wgh to advance ny sew each subs a# my Is® necessary trm tine 
to tl3^, so timtue do not iiav® a lot of loos® mrmy around. Toiar 
personal cheque &r travellers chsque vdll be aeceptafel®, of course 
# 
pots etc* 
get In 
¥® hwe placed cm 
the «^:^tion 
but I m 
all the backets, tub®, 3 fish 
dipaets which we could not 
obtainable In Trinidad, 
Si®@ you will be in Trinidad, I suggest that you con- 
tact tte vessel as soon as ste arrive® there, cheek up with »y 
©on that everything Is 0,1, 
¥e can ftMah ^e ©ruis® at ^ther St.HjaBes or St.oroias: 
michevsr is th® most cenvenieat for you* 
Eegardlng tb» young Captain Hiehalson, I am afraid that 
this does not apply to b®, since we were blowii in fro® the sea 
only In 19h9, and the eapedlttoii referred to must. have been a loi^ 
ttme before that. ^ sons are yom^ though I <k>n*t know about the 
JmndsoM® part, that is for otters to decide, but perhaps th«y are 
iimdverfcently mrrylag on with eoae local tradition. 
Very sincerely, 
/©/ f.S.B. mcholson 
f ,E.B.llch<A®on 
