Chippenham
25 Oct. 1862

Dear Sir,

I have fixed next Monday the 27^th ins^t for your Audit – immediately after which I will remit £400· to Coutts & C^{o <1>} for the Bank of Scotland at Edinburgh – My object in sending a Bankers Draft at 14 days date was to save Commission on the remittance but I will send it direct in future – the charge for remittance is ^s2/6^d per Cent:

The iron works are in a state of abeyance at Seend – I understand M^r Sarl ^<2> one of the late Company is the obstacle to their forming a new one – but M^r Locke speaks hopefully about it.

I am Dear Sir Yours obliged
West Awdry.

H. F. Talbot Esq.

[envelope:]
H. F. Talbot Esq^r
Millburn
Edinburgh

---

Notes:

1. Coutts & Company, bankers, London.

2. Of Sarl & Company, London.