When in 1922 the Board of the Admiralty ceded Ascension Island to the Colonial Office, an exchange of correspondence indicates that one thing its officials wished to preserve was their annual gift of turtle soup from Georgetown (an annual perquisite apparently enjoyed since 1816).
Cando en 1922 o Xunta do Almirantado da illa cedeu Ascensión á Oficina colonial, un intercambio de correspondencia indica que unha cousa os seus funcionarios desexaban conservar era o seu agasallo anual de sopa de tartaruga de Georgetown (unha gratificación anual aparentemente gozado desde 1816).