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And as I took the liberty of mentioning that I thought it would be attended with a saving, as well as a great convenience to Government, to send out the Cloathing - ready made, the price I would deliver it on Board Ship is as Follows,
- Cloathing (agreeable to the pattern exhibited by the navy Board) for every male Convict 40/- per set
- Cloathing (agreeable to the pattern exhibited by the navy Board) for every Female Convict 39/-per set
- The Cloaths to be well & substantially made full sized & not as Slop Work in general is done.
- The Implements for agriculture of good Quality, & approved by proper inspectors, the Accounts for which to be exhibited, & the usual commission paid for purchasing these articles, as well as any others that may be thought necessary to be sent out.
I am fearfull that I have presumed too much on the liberty you have been pleased to allow me, but I hope Sir, that my zeal to Conduct this Business, in a manner differently from that it has hitherto been performed & without the dreadfull Calamities that has been experienced, by the deaths of so many poor wretches as well as to guard against the Wants of the Settlement will plead my excuse. And if Sir