Summary of a letter received by Sir Philip Stephens from William Bligh, written on 25 December 1792 (Series 50.35) - No. 0002

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Plants besides others very few of which he expects to lose on his passage to Jamaica.
Plants left at St Helena
Healthy breadfruits ----10
ditto sick or dying----13
Different fruits of Oteheite----18
ditto ditto. of Timor-----20 
[Total]------ 61
besides seeds and some mountain rice.
No news of the Bounty
Chatham & discovery left Otaheite Jan 24 1792
[Vancouver's expedition to North America]

Found part of the crew of the Matilda of London at Otaheite She was lost on a Shoal Lat 22.0 S Long 139:45 W. 13 are with him 3 sailed in a boat from Port Jackson the Capt and 2 more here taken a Passage in the Jenny of Bristol to part the a schooner that sailed a little before he arrived [indecipherable] with  6.The remainder are at Otaheite.

He ordered Capt [indecipherable] to take the [Ganges?] under Convoy with the [indecipherable]
made some additions to the survey of Van Diemans Land & [[indecipherable] Isles
discovered a small ½ [indecipherable] island 81:38s 219:23 E.

Otoo wished to come to England the people of Otaheite gave all possible assistance he brought one man with him who had assisted the gardiners