Copy letter from Francis Mowatt, Treasury Chambers, to the Treasurers of the National Antarctic Expedition, 1 Savile Row [Edward Lygon Somers Cocks and Alfred Bray Kempe] Encloses a draft for £11,250 as the first instalment of the promised Government Grant in aid of the National Antarctic Expedition. The Lords Commissioners of the Treasury have noted that the contract for the ship is slightly in excess of the original £43,500 estimate, and hope that expenditure will not exceed the total estimated cost of £90,000. 7 August 1900