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104 - This declaration is truly insulting when we consider the conduct of McArthur, and Major Johnston who is only his Instrument. By this appointment McArthur has become the sole Manager of the Colony, he has given every lucrative situation to his Creatures, he has issued the Stores wantonly to his own and their private puposes; has given away and disposed of Government Cattle to persons greatly in his debt, so that the profits of them will finally return to himself. He has received and given away several leases of places in the Town to his party; he is employing in his own and their private concerns Arificers, Labourers and Government Cattle; he has let out Government Factory; he has even sold from the Store three pair of Mile Stones, which I intended for the out settlements, and taken two pair of them to himself, as likewise Thirty Stand of Arms, which there is no doubt have been sent in the Parramatta, his Schooner, to barter for Pork in the South Sea; and his and their Vessels have been fitted out, with Anchors, Cables, Canvass, Sails, and other articles necessary for His Majesty's Ships and Vessels here. His has dismissed Mr John Jamieson Superintendant
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