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the hope that it might tend to mitigate the
punishment, to which they may be
liable for absconding from a penal
Settlement, and it will be gratifying
both to Captain Bolger of the Lynx,
& to ourselves, if it may be allowed
to operate in their favor.

We have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient Servants

[signed] Wm Walker & Co.

[written diagonally, from bottom-left corner]

By orders Col. [Colonial]
Sentence to be
remitted.

_______

Both are to be
returned to Moreton
Bay, and to be informed
that they be here with
them for 12 months, the number
of their Sentences will be
remarked in consequence of their
Kind Service to the Crew of the
Lynx.

[in another hand, written over two lines of illegible, faint pencil writing]

Mr Hely .......

The Sheriff ... } 22 Sept '32

Capt Clunie ...... 6 October 1832