From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Expense report for a trip to Chateauroux, France, detailing travel and subsistence costs in Pounds Sterling and French Francs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 23\1\ Scan224 | |
| Date | 12th January 1929 guessed | |
| X775 RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} EXPENSES. CHATEAUROUX, FRANCE. 27th. Dec. £. s. d.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Lunch. 5 0 Taxi - London. 2 6 Tea. 1 0 Fare - London/Southampton. 9 11 Dinner. 5 6 ++ Taxi - Southampton. 2 0 R.A.C. tips. 10 0 Car and personal fares. 15. 0 4 ++ Cabin fees. 4 0 ++ Tips. 2 6 £17. 3. 9 28th. Dec. Changed £9 at 123. 1107 fcs. fcs. Landing tips for car. 15.00 Petrol. 22.50 ++ Lunches. 90.00 ++ Petrol. 115.50 ++ Petrol. 115.50 ++ 29th. Dec. Chateauroux account. 30th. Dec. Fare - Chateauroux/Paris. 120.90 Taxi - Paris. 14.00 Dinner. 35.00 Hotel bill. 94.90 ++ Taxi. 14.00 Fare - Paris/London. 446.00 Lunch. 40.00 ++ Tips. 10.00 TOTAL -1123.30 31st. Dec. £. s. d.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Tea. 1 6 ++ Tips. 2 0 Dinner. 3 6 Hotel bill. 7 1 ++ London/Derby - fare. 16 1 1. 11. 1 17. 3. 9 £18. 14. 10 Expenses sterling. £18. 14. 10 Expenses fcs. 9. 1. 3 £27. 16. 7d. ++ Bills attached. | ||