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 12. To transport them from the place of disembarcation at Galveston by sea to Matagorda Bay, by land (with baggage unlimited), the expedition of 1844 for $4 per head, the expedition of 1845 for $8 per head, the expedition of 1846 for $11.20 per head, till upon their land in the colony (which transportation could not be done for less thatthan [sic] $20 to $30).

13. To keep them in provisions and deliver them goods, implements, farming utensils, and material, working animals, horses, oxen, cows, and other stock, all on a credit for two successive years or crops.

The Company introduced:

Counting an army of 5,000 emigrants (1844-5) to be kept in provisions and goods from the end of October, 1845, till March, 1846, at the very lowest estimate of 10 cents per day and person, it did require a daily expense of $500. The estimate of 10 cents per day and person is so low that even half the number of emigrants could not be entertained for the amount mentioned. In fact, at the time when they were encamped half at Galveston and half at Indianola, the expense did sometimes run up to $1000 a day. If it be said that the number diminished from March on by sickness, death, or dispersion, it was refilled by the new emigrants of 1846, and the rough guess or estimate of a daily expense of $500 for the named items stands all the year of 1846, undisputed.

—Did you or not ever hear any of the emigrants introduced into Texas by the said Company state, after their introduction, how much land they were to receive for a family, and how much for a single man, and how much was to be left for the company?