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Port Jackson 20th Feby 1800 --
Dear Sir
Since my writing by the Britannia I have made another excursion to the Hawkesbury anxious to give you all the information that lies in my power and which I shall always make a point of doing by every opportunity.
His Majesty's Ship Reliance under the Comd. of Capt. Waterhouse will sail in a few days for England. Captain Townson of the Corps (who Commanded at Norfolk Island in the absence of Governor King) is a passenger on board that ship. Altho' they are both very capable from their long residence of giving you every information respecting the state of Norfolk Island as well as that of this Colony, I shall notwithstanding offer my own ideas on that subject.
By Capt. Raven I gave you an account of the promising crop of wheat all over the Country but more particularly that of the Hawkesbury Settlement, and the prospect of the price being reduced from ten to eight shillings per Bushel; it was my own opinion & likewise that of most of the Officers that it was a very fair price. However the settlers in general refused to send their grain to the shore without they received ten, which price is to be given for the present Crop.
The harvest tolerance has not been very favourable on account of heavy rain at the time they were getting it in, but notwithstanding that there is much more