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of that Branch of the Service pass through
the office of the Controller General - he does
not feel at Liberty to make any observations
on the paper unless it is forwarded to him
through the usual channel -
By paragraph 52 of your instructions it
would appear that to facilitate proceedings
in these cases, you contemplate that
the officers of the Coast guard should
communicate with the receivers of wreck
expect in matters involving awards of
Salvage or other money payments to officers
and Crews of Stations or Cruizers which
are to be submitted for the approval of the
Commissioner of Customs and the
Controller General of the Department as
provided for in paragraph 79.-
I therefore request your instructions on this
point - whether when an ordinary explanation
is required from an officer of the Coast guard
I am to send the paper to you to be forwarded
to him for that purpose through the
Department of the Controller general or
whether I am in the first instance to request
him to afford the necessary explanation
I also request your directions as to my
proceedings with respect to Messrs Bramble
whose bonds for £125 I still hold
J S

To the Secretary Marine Department - Board of Trade London
Sir 5 Jany 1856

With reference to paragraph 74 of
instructions; I request to be informed whether
anchors chains &c taken up in Bridlington
Bay and delivered to Masters of Vessels then
in Bridlington Harbour without being
taken to the admiralty yards need be
entered in my Report Book and accounted
for in the usual manner
J. S.

Marginalia
S
I think the receiver
should be informed
that all anchors
and cables picked
up in Bridlington
Bay, by Boats men
must be delivered
to the receiver unless
the vessel losing
the anchor is in
the roadstead or
Harbour at the time
of its recovery and
the Captain able to
Prove the ownership
the Boatmen
recovering anchors
under the latter
circumstances should
give them up with out
the intervention of
the receiver but
report each case
to him of their having done so. The receiver is further informed that he is only required to [???]

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