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Downing Street 31st July 1806
Sir
By the Accompanying Copy of Lord Castlereaghs dispatch to your Predecessor, dated 13th July 1805 and the Papers inclosed in it you will be made acquainted with the terms under which Mr J. Blaxland and His Brother have entered into an engagement with His Majestys Government for their Establishment as Settlers in New South Wales.
Mr. Gregory Blaxland left England about the same time that you sailed and this letter is delivered to the Charge of Mr J. Blaxland who has taken his passage in a Whaler entirely at his own Charge.
Mr. J. Blaxland having thus relinquished the advantage of Rations for Himself and his Family and the accomodation which would have been provided for them at the Public expence according to the Terms of the Agreement in question Plus