Her Majesty’s Treasury to Laird Brothers.
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Treasury
Chambers,
January 20, 1864.
Gentlemen: In reply to your letter of the 9th instant, and previous letters, I am commanded, by the lords commissioners of her Majesty’s treasury, to acquaint you that their lordships will provide, in the manner they may consider requisite, against the risks from fire and other damages to the iron-clad vessels El Tousson and El Monnassir, while they remain in possession of her Majesty’s government.
I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
GEO. A. HAMILTON.
Messrs. Laird, Birkenhead Iron Works, Birkenhead,