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usefull kinds which are to be sent out in the Ship.
As he is a very young Man & as I suspect that his motive for going is the love of a very young woman, I would still have him consider carefully what he does before he finaly resolves to engage himself, I do not insist upon his offer now but he must in a very few days let me know his determination.
The reason I do not insist upon his engagement is because he tells me he cannot raise above £20 & it appears to me highly imprudent for any married Man to undertake such a business who is not possessd of one or two hundred at the least if he is not a handicrafts man.
He will have furniture for his House to provide, Cloths for himself & Family, Draught Cattle to purchase, out Buildings of all kinds to build at his own expence, & he ought to carry out implements of Husbandry of the best kinds as those purchasd by Government are generaly of a very inferior sort, & if he looks forward to future opulence he must have more than 200 Acres which will not be granted to him unless he carries out some Capital & can shew some probability of his being able to bring it into cultivation in regular course of business.
Will you my dear Sir be so good as to converse with him on the subject of his expectations, I am quite ready for him if he chuses to go & the Cabbin intended for him & his wife which I have approvd of is by this time fixd up, but I would not by any means wish a young Man for whose
[George Suttor was 26 years old when he arrived in Sydney. See Australian Dictionary of Biography]