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[top left] 28/2,323 -17th March 1828
[top right] 3
Commandants [sic] Office
Moreton Bay 6th March 1828
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 11th ult'o
No. 28/3 per the Lucy Anne, and in
reply to the 3d paragraph I beg leave
to report that thirty Ewes and one
Ram arrived here by the Isabella
in December last - I am sorry
to state that ten of the Sheep
forwarded by the Lucy Anne died
on the passage.
2 --- George Baxter a prisoner of the
Crown at this Settlement and formerly
a Sergeant in the New South Wales R. V. C.
has applyed [sic] to me to obtain permission
from His Excellency the Governor that
His wife may be permitted to join
him, as this man has conducted
himself much to my satisfaction I
shall feel obliged if the indulgence
can be granted to him
[bottom of left margin]
The Hon'b'e Alex'r McLeay
Colonial Secretary
[written diagonally, in left margin]
Let the Master be
called in to explain this --
Mr Nicholson 2 April 1828 -
No objection
tho' it cannot
be allowed until
The Committee
Can find a Woman
to replace her
at the Factory.
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