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xxxviii part of His Excellency to forward our outfit and complete the vessel for sea without delay, it was not until the 21st of December that the alterations were 6oished, Had we met With as much opposition and inattention from the commissariat department as from the engineer, the vessel would not have been ready is, however, a duty I owe to Deputy Commissary Greneral Allan, to aknowledge the readiness with which that offieer's department attended to my wants.

The following is a list of the officeers and men who formed the crew of the Mermaid :

Commander 1 Lieut, Phillip Parker King.

Master's mates 2 {Mr. Frederick Bedwell.

John Septimus Roe.

Seamen 12

Boys 2

Total 18

In addition to this establishment, I ac