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I have written to the Navy Board, requesting them to pitch upon a master, having been unsuccessful in my search after a proper one: I daily expect their answer.
With the highest respect and esteem, I am,
Sir Joseph,
your most faithful and
obliged humble servant
Matt.w Flinders
Mr Whidby - Sheerness -
By this post, I have received a letter from Mr Ramsay, informing me of the resolution of the Directors to give us £1200 ; half of which their treasurer will pay me now, and the remainder at the end of the voyage. I have accordingly drawn upon them and shall have the money ready by the time that the gentlemen join us.
Mr Whidby requests me to make his respects to Sir Joseph Banks, and adds, that he shall have the pleasure of paying them in person on Monday or Thursday next