Incomplete letter received by Banks from Philip Gidley King, 14August 1804 (Series 39.089) - No. 0022

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of Twenty [indecipherable] - however if he could get 23,000£ for his possessions here he would care but little who realized his fanciful calculations.  Nevertheles a great progres will be made in clothing all the Inhabitants from our wool & llinen but it must be allowed there are several individuals who have a more than equal claim to Industry & exertion than Capt McArthur who acquired these Sheep by means that some people would disdain & others could not attain for want of the advantage of Influence & situation.  Nor is he the only possesor of Spanish Rams as he would have the world believe - happily for the Settlers and other Industrious Individuals who did not posses equal art & means.  The Bankrupting of the May [?] muster of the New South Wales Corps, has decided that & every other kind of stock which his avaricious & monopolizing practices had nearly appropriated entirely to himself.  The Stock of Individuals except Capt. McArthurs are nearly equally distributed.  At least more so than they have been for some years