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[top of left margin] 32/3834 - 17 May 1832

[in pencil, diagonally, and underlined] (Register)

[in pencil]

"One and sixpence p'r [per] day allowed as a"

Military charge while unavoidably detained in Sydney

[initials?] H.H.

[on right] Sydney 17th May 1832.

Sir,

I most respectfully beg
to lay before you for the Consideration
of his Excellency the Governor my
humble Request for a Remuneration
in lieu of Lodgings & Rations Since
my arrival from Moreton Bay on
the 14th February last, upon
[underlined] (Government duty) the Expenses I
have incurred are heavy and my
pay being Small; I humbly trust
that his Excellency will grant
my request. ----

I am further Emboldened
to make this Request from the
Circumstances of Mr Hamilton
(formerly Clerk to the Commandant
at Norfolk Island), having

[bottom of left margin]

The Hon'ble the

Colonial Secretary

.... &c ... &c ... &c ... }

[written in pencil, in left margin]

Mr Nye/

Give me those only
of the enclosed papers which
relate to this --

[in another hand] Enclosed.

[underlined]

(Evidence at Court
Martial, on
Soldier of 17th Reg't).

[in first marginal writer's hand]

Mr E'yd ...

Papers alluded to

Also to H. Cowper's.