Admiralty, SW
22. September 1864

Sir
I have received and laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 21. instant requesting to be appointed Staff Surgeon of Woolwich Yard.

I am
Sir
Your obedient Servant
W.G. Romaine

William Loney Esq^re M.D.
Staff Surgeon R.N.
Army & Navy Club
SW

[William Wogan] Baynes [Staff Surgeon of seniority 28 Feb 1844] was transferred from Plymouth Hospital to Woolwich Dockyard, and was no doubt named for the appointment at & before the date of my application.
Knowing this early in October and being apprised of [Dr. John] Gallaghers [Deputy Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets of seniority 26 mar 1864] death on the 12^th I made the application which elicited the following acknowledgement.