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SUMMARY:
Ledger page itemizing trip expenses including tents, transport to Gyantse and Tsebang, advances to servants and their families, stores, currency exchanges at Phari and Gyantse, and payments for post arrangements. Totals paid by Sherriff, Ludlow, and Elliott are recorded, with a note that the total includes Rs 6500 from Ludlow.

CONTENT:
32
26.
10000/76

Expenses of Trip.

Paid for Tents etc. through Taylor. 1331 - 0 - 0
Transport to Gyantse & expenses & odds. 6045 - 0 - 0
Advances to servants' families 1320 - 0 - 0
Advances to Servants 845 - 0 - 0
Servants' clothes 846 - 0 - 0
Cost of stores, medical, presents etc. 5076 - 0 - 0
Exchanged Rs. at Phari & Gyantse. 5800 - 0 - 0
Paid to Sadutshang for exchange 10000 - 0 - 0
Paid to Sadutshang at Gyantse for exchange at Tsebang. 2000 - 0 - 0
Paid to Sangye Tsering for post arrangements. 250 - 0 - 0
Blankets at Gyantse. 162 - 0 - 0
2 Ponies for post runner 466 - 0 - 0
Expenses at Tsebang 500 - 0 - 0
Total paid by Sherriff. 34641 - 0 - 0 XX

Total paid by Ludlow 2789 - 0 - 0

Transport to Gyantse 495 } Total paid by Elliott 1562 - 0 - 0
odds 50 + 17 67 }
to Tsebang 1000 }

Total 38992 - 0 - 0

XX includes Rs 6500 from Ludlow.

SUMMARY:
Ledger of expenses for presents, stores, insurance, tickets, transport, tips, and wages, including movements and freight from Srinagar to Lahore to Rangiya and journeys through Diwangiri, Pintso-gong, and Trashigang. Entries note payments to a postmaster, a pradhan, and a Maharaja's sepoy, as well as porters and syces, and costs over Kurtip and Danong passes.

CONTENT:
xxx = 50 car. With ink cross = out of Rs 2000 cash.
25 sugar. " pencil " = settled between ourselves.
17 transport. no cross = paid by me in notes.

Expenses.

Presents: 2 enamel boxes. ✓ 100 Oil, sigris etc. x 20
3 agate ✓ 100 A&N. Stores: "Lilo", cartridges, etc. x 40
3 Papier mache bowls. ✓ 24 Postmaster, Kumari Khata. x 150.
4 prs. gloves. 8/6. ✓ 18 Tips etc. x 25
2 Alarm watches. ✓ 90 Diwan Menoka to Diwangiri. x 17.
1 roll puttoo ✓ 12 Diwangiri to Satsalor. x 7.
Saffron. ✓ 25. Pay Putso dancing. x 100.
1 automatic pistol. Satsalor to Chunkar. + tips. x 8.
9 puttoo hats. ✓ 10 Chunkar to Khomanaggri + tips 4. x 8.
Three doz. whisky 1 rum. 140 Khomanaggri to Balfai 5 tips 4 x 9
4" Kh. serge. x 58. Balfai to Pintso-gong Rs 5 x 5
Stores from Kellner. Adv. sent. x 500. xxx Pradhan for sugar, RR's & coolies. x 100
Insurance of adv. goods. approx. x 45 Tanchas 500 @ 10 & 1 Rs. x 50.
7 yakdans Srinagar to Lahore x 28 Pay syces D'giri to Pintso-gong 12. B'shish 10 x 22
11 " Lahore to Rangiya x 120 Pintso-gong to Trashigang. Rs 5. + tips 4. x 9
3 prs shoes at Rs 4-8 ✓ 14 Tigong to Phungmi via Rungsyung tips x 17
Lorry & taxi to Lahore 60+30 x 90 Sheep 4 To Sakden 4 Laman 5. x 13
Excess baggage Lahore - Calcutta. x 100 Rupees to tanchas 2000. @ 10. x 200.
Tickets to Calcutta. 42+209 x 251 Maharaja's sepoy x 10
Ice etc. x 15 " " x 15.
Tickets to Rangiya. x 114 To Trashigang for postmen. 1 mth (Sept) x 40.
Luggage. " " x 45 Kurtip Pass. x 20
Additional stores. Kellner. x 133. Danong Pass. 50
2032 935

SUMMARY:
Page records expenditures for provisions, tickets, excess luggage, wireless, and transport, including routes via Rangiya, Howrah, Pindi, Bombay, and the Diwangiri–Chungkar–Dewri stages. Payments and advances are noted for individuals including Ahmad Sheikh, Danong, Guba, Pintso, Tenduk, with sums handled via the Postmaster and Pradhan, and an item for Tsongpen.

CONTENT:
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Curry Powder 10 Seers. 10
Saffron 12 Tickets to Rangiya 120
Advance. Spencers. 250 Excess Luggage Rangiya 45
Beads. 9 Cox's charges. 35
Harrods - £50. (38) 500 Postmaster. 200
Danong. Adv. 40 Lorry to Mala 20
Kit Pindi - Rangiya. Tomb. 153 Cash from Bank Rs 3500.
Ahmad Sheikh (incl Jan 40 Rs) 200 less to Pradhan 1000 = 2500
Guba (incl Jan 35 Rs) 150 Pintso & Tenduk Clothes. 40 + 20 60
Statesman 9 mths. 27 Diwangiri Bill. Selves 2/10/- Kashmir 1/10/- Pintso 2/4/- . 22/2 6-4
Kit Bombay. Rangiya 236 Diwangiri to Chungkar 77 Coolies 31-2
Wireless 200 Chungkar 7 to Dewri 13. 20-0
Spencers Balance 272 Cox & Kings Calcutta. Cal to Rangiya. 177
Lorry to Pindi 95 Dak runners T'gong 80 Servants 20 Notes. 100
Car " " 50 Danong from S. Choling own wires. 50
Tickets to Howrah. 280 Tsongpen (to be sent by Pradhan or P.M.) 25
Excess - 140
Wireless Batteries 50
Hats. 42
Toys. 10

SUMMARY:
Itemized payments and advances including dak runners and postmen at Trashigong, customs duty, coolies, luggage, and railway tickets via Sealdah and Siliguri, plus car, lorry, and other travel to Gangtok, Calcutta, Rawalpindi, and Srinagar. Personal disbursements include payments to Kuntip, Pintso, Danong, and Ahmad Sheikh, along with purchases such as a watch for the postmaster, sparklets, a Roorkhi chair, bacon, and cotton wool and flour.

CONTENT:
14.10. Pay for Trashigong Dak runners. x 40.

Pay Kuntip Rs. 70. x 70. Balance ex 2000 cash = 40
" Pintso Rs. x 250 " ex A. Sheikh adv. = 20
" Danong Rs. x 150

Additional to postmaster. Rs. x 58

Pay T'gong postmen 2nd month x 40 + A. Sheikh pay 270
P.M. K'khata for Customs duty on parcel. x 25 Coolies pay 240
Dak runners K'khata. x 20 510
Luggage Rangma x 207 4591
Servants tickets Sealdah. x 14 5101
Own tickets Siliguri. x 62 Ramzana 270
Pintso etc. " x 15. 5371

3 Boxes to Cooks. Calcutta x 7
Ahmad Sheikh advance for travel x 100
Car to Gangtok. x 60
Tickets to Calcutta. x 78.
Tickets to Rawalpindi. x 268
Lorry to Srinagar. x 60
Watch for Postmaster. 1524
930
2032
5 doz sparklets. 44 / 157
Roorkhi chair. 20
Bacon 23
Cotton wool & flour 11
1624.