33054-002106-0001

38/5554 – 24 Augt 1833

Commandants Office
Moreton Bay 5th Augt. 1833.
No 33/11

Sir
With reference to the
6th Par. of your letter of the 30th Ultimo
No 33/6 with the greatest submission I
have the honor to state the following
circumstances relative to James Hexton
and William Morris free seamen at this
place.

With respect to the first on
finding that he came here expecting a
higher rate of pay, than he has since
received, I immediately offered him
the option of remaining here on the
reduced rate of pay, or returning to
Sydney receiving from my private funds
any loss he might have sustained, by
coming here, when he preferred the
former in consequence of being subject
to scurvy and unable to proceed on
long voyages, so that even with his
reduced pay he has been no loser, and
consequently has no particular claim
on the public.

With respect to the present
acting

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Report quickly
Herewith