Letter from J. Lapierre to Schaeffer on the mission's fundingJ Lapierre

Printed: FRENCH CONSULAR AGENCY

Printed: AT LARNACA

Printed: (ISLAND OF CYPRUS)

Printed: No. 654

Handwritten: M. Aiers

Handwritten: République Française

Handwritten: 2

Mr J. Lapierre Conseil de France Larnaca (Cyprus)

Handwritten: Dear Sir

Handwritten: I thank you for your letter of the 16th and of the 25th

December [handwritten: on my return from Greece, on the 25th] [handwritten: I have also forwarded, as you asked,] [handwritten: to the] Barclays Bank [handwritten: of] Frankfurt and enclose herewith a cheque.

I thank you [handwritten: for having sent] [handwritten: to Mr Megaw the] [handwritten: sum] of [handwritten: L 118/15/0] for the acquisition of land and of [handwritten: rel. ...] [handwritten: the balance of] [handwritten: £ 874] [handwritten: I have] credited [handwritten: my account]

Further to my letter No. 644 of the 16th of this month, I hasten to inform you that the Barclays Bank has just credited me with £ 595.1.0 for the transfer of the sum requested by Monsieur the Consul of France under the heading [handwritten: of] expenses.

There is first a difference of £ 6.1.44 between the sum paid by you and that of £ 601.2.4 of your credit. This sum is moreover reimbursed for the brokerage fees between Malta and Frankfurt, and I am therefore at your disposal for only £ 595.1.3 cp.

In accordance with your instructions I got in touch with Mr Megaw, in his capacity as Director of the Department of Antiquities Cyprus, a cheque for £ 118.15.0.

So there remains only £ 874 and I shall let you know and that I am going to transfer in your favour. However, I take the liberty of asking you to send me urgently the receipt requested by Monsieur Armand Déchelette so that the Consulate may be covered.

I thank you for sending me [handwritten: in] your reply, please accept, Sir, the assurance of my very high consideration and my best wishes, for you, the forecast of my best wishes for you, for your families, and for your undertaking on the occasion of these festive days.

[handwritten: From this great site without overburdening the credits] [handwritten: budget] [handwritten: families] [handwritten: requested] by so many missions and [handwritten: which] [handwritten: have] [handwritten: been able] [handwritten: to keep] [handwritten: that I have been able to ensure the possibilities] of work with the support of the Commission of the families and the mode of Rel. Cult. at the M. of M. S.

Figure: handwritten marginal annotations along left edge, partly illegible; labels: none legible