Enclosure: Copy of an Order in Council consisting of several parts including an introduction written by John Nicholls, an official at the Committee of Trade & Plantations informing that the Governor in Chief in Barbadoes Colonel Russell had written in July last complaining of the difficulties of supplying ships with Stores as the assembly has been unwilling to advance credit. Local merchants, having already supplied the TIGER, were unwilling to supply further credit for the BRISTOL as they had received no assurances that their bills would be paid, neither had they received any Bills of Credit sent for the HM Ships in the West Indies. The preface refers also to an earlier report dated 7th August [presumably 1695]. An Order is given for the matter to be referred to the Admiralty. The document continues with a recital of the proceedings of the Committee of Trade & Plantations dated 28th January 1695 and of the 7th August of that year in which Colonel Russell's dilemma is magnified. A proposal is made for a permanent representative of the Navy be sent to the West Indies specifically to ensure that the provision of Stores and Ordnance are made without difficulty. The Admiralty however has opined that ships would be better served by being supplied direct from England. The document concludes with a decision to lay the whole matter before the Lords Justices in Council for determination.