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 482 PHILLIP'S 1787 Botany Bay Wine to be taken on board. Bills to be drawn for the amount. Seed grain, black cattle, sheep, &C., to be pro- cured. tender and the transpoH ships named in the margin [Alexander Scarborough, Lady Penhryn, Friendship, Charlotte, Prince of Wales, Golden Grove, Fish bourn], and be in readiness to depart, that 70U do take them under your protection and proceed in tlie Sirius with the said tender and transports to the port on the coast of New South Wales situated in the latitude of 33° 41', called hy the name of Botany Bay, agreeably to the instructions you will be famished with by the Commissioners of our Admiralty, in pur- suance of our Boyal commands already signified to them. And whereas it may happen upon your passage to New South Wales that you may find it necessary and expedient to call with the ships and vessels under your convoy at the Island of TenerifiFe, at the Rio di Janeiro, and also at the Cape of Good Hope, for supplies of water and other refreshments for the voyage : It is our further will and pleasure that you do, upon your arrival at the former of those places, take on board any of the ships of the convoj which you may think proper such quantities of wine as may be requisite for the supply of the said settlement, according to the instructions with which the Commissary of stores and provisions will be furnished by the Commissioners of our Treasury, taking care that the quantities purchased do not exceed the proportions to be issued to several persons composing the said settlement entitled thereto, agreeably to the said instructions, for the time to which they have confined the supply of that article ; and for the amount of such purchases you will direct the Commissary to draw bills of exchange upon them, properly certified by you or our Lieutenant-Governor of the said intended settlement, with the other usual attestations, that the same has been obtained at the most reasonable rates, transmitting at the same time an account thereof to them, in order that you may be released from any impi*est which such purchases might occasion. Notwithstanding there is already a considerable quantity of com and other seed grain put on board the ships of convoy, probably more than may be immediately necessary for raising supplies for the settlement, we are disposed to guard as much as possible against accidents which may happen, or injuries which these articles might sustain during the passage ; it is therefore our further will and pleasure that you, upon your arrival at any of the places you may have occasion to touch at, endeavour to obtain such further quantities of seed grain as you may think requisite for the tillage of the land at the place of your destination ; and also that yon do take on board any number of black cattle, sheep, goats, or hogs, which you can procure, and the ships of the convoy can contain, in order to propagate the breed of these animals for the general benefit of the intended settlement, causing the Commissary of Stores and Provisions to draw bills for the same, as is before directed for such supplies, as well as for any fresh provisions which Digitized by Google