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will be paid to such person as you shall authorise to receive it in England up to the time of your leaving her & entering into your new service & in case of your refusal of such offers your assistant is to have the same options provided however that one of you remains with the ship to take care of his Majesties
Plants during the voyage home. 
On the ships arrival in the English Seas whichever of you is on board must take the Earliest opportunity to acquaint me by letter
of Her return & Furnish me with a List of the Plants brought home for his Majesty s̶t̶a̶t̶i̶n̶g̶  distinguishing the number of Each
Species & the kind of Pots or tubs in which they are planted in order that Proper boats may be provided to carry them to Kew which will be sent to meet you with as much dispatch as possible especialy  if the season should unfortunately be cold. 
On the arrival of these boats

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