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62.

Memo: Mr. Symonds having reached the
Station near on the hour of starting they [?]
his luggage on the train without weighing [and?]
no change was made, although heavier than
Captain Ballingall.

Received from Captain Ballingall [?]
4th day of Febr. 1841. The sum of 6£ [?] 6d -
expenses from Portsmouth to Britannia [?]
at Liverpool.

Signed, l.C. Symonds

The passage from Liverpool to Boston was
paid by Captain Bevis, the Agent Superintendent
of Mail Packets at Liverpool £35 being the
government contract allowance for the conveyance
of Officers each Officer from Liverpool to Halifax
or Boston.

[image-ship in rough seas].

Britannia Mail Steamer. 14th Febr. 1841.