| Description | The extract from the board meeting minutes recounts the reading of a letter from the solicitors Montague Leverson & Hawley which is also copied into the letter. The letter recommends that the Board, before admitting that the ship is complete and ready for sea and that John Scott Russell's work, as detailed in the contract, is completed, have the ship inspected by their engineer who reports on the work. Following the copy of the letter, the minutes record that the secretary is directed to instruct the solicitors take all necessary steps under the contract terms to have the engineer, Mr McCalmont and the arbitrators inspect the ship as to its performance. |