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Settlement. The Provision should be new & good carefully packd up. The customary way of packing up provision will not answer where it has to be conveyed so far & through such alteration of climate.
If it was reduced to a certainty that the Contract should be continued to me (during such time only as I fulfilled it agreeable to my engagement) I should imediately provide Two Ships, large, convenient, & properly fitted for such service - and on the Sailing of them to provide Two more for the purpose of the next embarkation & continually keep them going backward, & forward with Convicts Stores & provisions that might be wanted for the Settlement & not to suffer it to experience such distress as they have of late. And I shall be ready to give ample & sufficient security for the performance of the whole of this Business.
Would it not likewise be necessary to Keep a small Vessell (say about 250 Tons) out for the purpose of going to and from Norfolk Island or to the Friendly Islands or even to Madagascar for the purpose of Bringing live Stock or any other articles of Provision, Plants, &c &c in The South Seas that may be wanted to be