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 180 THE THIRD PLEET. ITW question had been carried out clandestinely, and were there* fore to be considered as belonging to the Navy Board. While oo^rament Dundas commonded Phillip's caution, he told him that he SoJlerJted should havo been better satisfied if a seizure had been made.* bim. -Some of the transports gave trouble in another way. A part of the stores put on board the Albemarle, Active, and ^i!toik°' Queen was intended for Norfolk Island; but when the Island masters of those vessels arrived at Sydney they informed the Governor that the contract made by their owners with the naval authorities did not go beyond the delivery of their cargoes at Port Jackson.t They had received written in- structions to this effect before they left England, and as Phillip was not in a position to dispute the point he made At!antia^ the bost of thiugs, and chartered the Atlantic, which took the Norfolk Island stores to that settlement. She also conveyed thither Lieutenant-Governor King and Captain Paterson, with part of a company of the New South Wales Corps. The other portion was taken by the Queen. She brought back Major Ross, who had acted as Commandant under a Commission from Phillip, and also a detachment of marines, which was relieved by Captain Paterson's company. It is stated by Collins that Assistant-Surgeon Balmain, who u^Dffen. ^^ been sent to relieve Mr. Considen, and the Rev. R. Johnson, who went for the purpose of performing marriages and christenings, were also taken to Norfolk Island in the Atlantic, besides a number of marine and convict settlers, t Lieutenant- Reference haa been made on a previous pa&re to the Governor. , ., King action of Lieutenant-Governor King, when returning to the • Writing to Bundas on the 11th October, 1792, Phillip expressed regret that he had allowed the transports to go. — Historical Records, vol. i, part 2, p. r>65. Frauds of this kind were put a stop to by the insertion of a clauso in the contracts, by which merchandise on board the transports not properly accounted for was liable to seizure. — Dundas to G-rose, 15th February, 1794. Historical Records, toI. ii, p. 118. t When Phillip's report on the subject reached England, it was decided to insert in future contracts a clause under which cargo was to be delivered either at Port Jackson or Norfolk Island, at the GoTernor's discretion. — The Natj Board to Governor Phillip, 17th May, 1792. lb., p. 469. I Collins, Tol. i, p. 183.