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 203 PHILLIP AND DAWES. In the despatch containing Grenville^s final instructions* ^"^^^ concerning the recall of Rosses detachment of marines, one b«»u o« ti^e officer was singled out for special mention as likely to be of peculiar service to the colony, and authority was given to Phillip, in case he had not placed him in charge of the auxiliary company of the New South Wales Corps, to retain him on the footing of a lieutenant of engineers. This officer was Lieutenant William Dawes, to whose services refer- Sawee to"* ence has been made in a previous vol.f Shortly after the ^ w**^*^- despatch referred to was written, and before Phillip received it, a disagreement had, however, arisen between him and ^^fJ^Sfm?* Lieutenant Dawes which rendered the retention of the latter impossible. Phillip would doubtless, in keeping with his established policy of ignoring the petty annoyances to which he was constantly subjected, have made no mention of the dispute in his despatches, but it became necessary for him to explain why he had refrained from giving effect to Grenville's wishes concerning Lieutenant Dawes. The circumstances of the principal cause of dispute had occurred in December, 1790. In November, 1791,t Phillip, in reply- ing to Grenville, informed him that his charges were three in number : — 1. That Lieutenant Dawes had purchased Phoiip's rations from convicts contrary to the General Orders ; 2. That he had refused to do duty ; 3. That he had been guilty t Vol. i, p. 154. X Historical Becords, yol. i, part 2, p. 543.
 * Historical Records, vol. i, part 2, p. 415.