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also that in 34/5358 _ the
six other men were sent on
the application of the Captain-
(whose Letter is enclosed) the
Crew having mutinied and
refused to proceed _ unless other
hands were procured to assist in
pumping, in consequence of the
damage the Vessel sustained
by getting aground-

The Commandant observes
that their being so sent, will
be the means of forwarding
them free of expense to Sydney.-

It would thus appear
that the owners of the Harriet
had no right to demand the
Expense of the Passage of the
Nine prisoners in Question-
[Although no Communication-crossed out]
as the Vessel was chartered
by the Commissariat Captain
Clunie ought to have apprised
Mr Laidley of the Terms on
which the Men were sent
to Sydney

[right margin]
Send Contract
and [...illeg] to
Mr Laidley

[right side, bottom]
No- Capt Clunie
acted perfectly
correctly= The
confusion was
mine, but the
Agents must still
be applied to