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Draught of instructions for Mr Menzies
The Business on which you are employed by Government for the due execution of which you will be entitled to the Salary you have stipulated to receive consists of the following Articles
In all places at which the ship you are on board shall Touch & make a sufficient stay you are
1st to examine into the nature of the soil Whether it is sandy gravely Loamy Boggy &c &c &c. Carefully to remark the Size of the Trees that grow upon it as well as whether they stand thick & close or distant & separate one from the other
2nd The nature of the climate as far as you are able to judge of it from the Productions
3rd The probable degree of Fertility of the Soil whether in case it should hereafter be found expedient to send out Setlers the usual grains Pulse & Fruit of Europe are likely to succeed & if not what other sort of Produce would in your opinion be the most suitable.
4th To enumerate as Far as you may find yourself able the Different trees Shrubs Plants Grapes Ferns & mosses that are Found in each countrey noting Particularly the Places