http://convicts.sturgess.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Transportation_ContractsTransportation Contracts - Revision history2026-08-08T10:32:59ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.26.2http://convicts.sturgess.org/index.php?title=Transportation_Contracts&diff=526&oldid=prevAdmin: /* Copy of Contract */2016-03-23T21:15:44Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Copy of Contract</span></span></p>
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And the Master having signed proper receipts, bills of lading, and other indents for the same shall proceed therewith, (having convoy to the Latitude of 28 degrees North, and Longitude 18 degrees West) to Port Jackson, in New South Wales, where he is to deliver the convicts, and other persons, provisions and stores, as he may be directed by the Governor or Deputy Governor; and during the passage the Master of the said ship shall keep a journal of the wind and weather, and all remarkable observations respecting the said convicts, such as births, sickness, behaviour or deaths, and at the end and termination of the said voyage, shall deliver the same to the said commissioners, upon oath, if required, together with all orders and instructions, which he may have received thereon, and the Master shall obey all orders that he may receive from the said Commissioners, their Agents, or the Officers in Chief, under whose command he may be. The said ship shall also be provided with coals, wood, fire hearths, coppers and furnaces for cooking and dressing the provisions, also with bowls, spoons, platters and other necessaries, for such number of convicts and other persons, as shall be ordered on board, with two windsails and one Osbridge’s machine for sweetening water, and likewise water casks, and the rate of one butt for each person embarked, all at the proper cost and charge of the owners. The said James Duncan, (on behalf of the owners of the said ship) also agrees, that twenty working days, from the day she is certified to be in readiness on the part of the owners, shall be allowed to the said Commissioners, to wait in the River Thames, and twenty working days to embark the convicts, &c. at Cork, (not including the day of the ship’s arrival or sailing) and twenty working days to disembark the convicts, provisions or stores at Port Jackson, in New South Wales, after notice being given by the Master, to the proper persons, of the ship’s arrival there and being ready for these purposes, but, if it shall happen that the said ship shall be detained by government, more than the aforesaid sixty working days altogether, then the said James Duncan, (on behalf of the owners) is to be allowed demurrage, at the rate of fifteen shillings per ton, per calendar month; but if the Master shall not give every assistance in his power, both with boats and ship’s company, in embarking and disembarking the said convicts, provisions or stores, no claim shall be allowed for the said demurrage: It is furthermore agreed, that, in case the said ship shall be ordered to stop for convoy in the Downs or at Portsmouth, after forty-eight hours fair wind, demurrage is then to be allowed to the said James Duncan, after the rate before mentioned. The said James Duncan, (on behalf of the owners) agrees to provide an approved surgeon, with a complete set of instruments, to attend the convicts embarked, the said Commissioners providing proper medicines for the voyage. The said James Duncan, (on behalf of the owners) doth furthermore promise and agree, that the Master of the said ship shall not bring any person from the settlement at Port Jackson, without orders in writing from the Governor or Deputy Governor for the time being, which orders he is to produce, upon his return, to the said Commissioners, or previously, if he shall have an opportunity of transmitting them. In consideration of which covenants and conditions, hereby agreed to be performed by the said James Duncan, (on behalf of the owners) the said Commissioners, (on behalf of His Majesty) do agree to pay unto the said James Duncan, (on behalf of the owners) for the hire and freight of the said ship, for the voyage aforesaid, (i.e. from the River Thames to Cork, and from thence to Port Jackson, in New South Wales), at the rate of eighteen pounds per head, for each man or woman, and half that sum for each child, and an addition of five pounds, twelve shillings and sixpence more for each of the two former, and half that sum for each child landed at Port Jackson, in New South Wales, together with an allowance of fourteen pence, for each man or woman, per month, for necessary money; the payments to be made in the following manner; viz<sup>t</sup>. Nine pounds, per head, for each man or woman and half that sum for each child, as part of the freight for the number of persons embarked, on producing a certificate of the ship having sailed from Cork, complete in men, stores, and in every other respect, on the owners’ part: and the remaining part of the freight, on producing a certificate from the Governor or Deputy Governor of New South Wales, of the number of convicts and other persons that were embarked in Ireland, being landed at Port Jackson, and the usual certificates of the true and just delivery of all the provisions, cabins, wood, and iron work, medicines and other stores belonging to government, that were put on board and not used; for the whole of which the Master is to account and be accountable. The freight of the provisions, put on board for the use of the convicts and other persons during the voyage, and also for nine months after they are landed, is included in the aforesaid rate per head; but for any other stores or provisions that may be carried out for the use of the settlement, the owners are to be paid, at the rate of eight pounds per ton: the whole of which payments are to be made by Transport Bills, in the usual way, with the interest added thereto. For the true performance of all and every the covenants, conditions and agreements herein set forth, on the part of the said James Duncan, (on behalf of the owners) he the said James Duncan, bindeth himself, his heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, and the said ship, with her tackle, apparel, freight and furniture unto the said Commissioners, (on behalf of His Majesty), in the penal sum of one thousand pounds, by these presents to be recovered and paid. In witness whereof, he the said James Duncan (on behalf of the owners) hath set his hand and seal to the one part hereof, and to the other part hereof, the said Commissioners, (on behalf of His Majesty) have signed their names, and caused the seal of the Transport Office to be affixed, the day and year before written.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This Charterparty of Affreightment made and concluded upon this seventh day of March, One thousand, seven hundred and ninety eight, by and between the Commissioners for Conducting His Majesty’s Transport Service, &c (for and on behalf of His Majesty) of the one part, and Mr James Duncan on behalf of the owners of the ship, Minerva, whereof Thomas Blaney is Master, of the burthen of tons, register tonnage, of the other part, witnesseth, that the said James Duncan, on behalf of the owners, hath granted and let to freight the said ship, for one voyage out, from the River Thames, London, to Cork, in the kingdom of Ireland, and from thence to Port Jackson, in New South Wales; And the said Commissioners, (for and on behalf of His Majesty) have hired the said ship for one voyage out, as foresaid, that is to say, the said James Duncan, on behalf of the owners, their executors and administrators, doth covenant promise and agree, that the said ship shall be strong, tight and substantial both above water and beneath, and during her intended voyage shall be manned with men only, fit and capable to manage and sail her, and shall have masts, yards, anchors, cables, ropes, cords, apparel, furniture and boats with all other materials and things, necessary, fit and needful for such a voyage; also provisions for the seamen, all at the proper cost and charge of the owners; also, that the said ship shall forthwith be ready to sail, with or without convoy, to the port of Cork aforesaid, and the Master of the said ship shall there receive such number of convicts and other persons together with such provisions and stores, or whatever else shall be ordered to be put on board her, by such person or persons as the said Commissioners, or the Government of Ireland, shall appoint, and having so received the said convicts and other persons, together with such provisions, stores or whatever else shall be ordered to be put on board her from such person or persons, as the said Commissioners or the Government of Ireland shall appoint. And the Master having signed proper receipts, bills of lading, and other indents for the same shall proceed therewith, (having convoy to the Latitude of 28 degrees North, and Longitude 18 degrees West) to Port Jackson, in New South Wales, where he is to deliver the convicts, and other persons, provisions and stores, as he may be directed by the Governor or Deputy Governor; and during the passage the Master of the said ship shall keep a journal of the wind and weather, and all remarkable observations respecting the said convicts, such as births, sickness, behaviour or deaths, and at the end and termination of the said voyage, shall deliver the same to the said commissioners, upon oath, if required, together with all orders and instructions, which he may have received thereon, and the Master shall obey all orders that he may receive from the said Commissioners, their Agents, or the Officers in Chief, under whose command he may be. The said ship shall also be provided with coals, wood, fire hearths, coppers and furnaces for cooking and dressing the provisions, also with bowls, spoons, platters and other necessaries, for such number of convicts and other persons, as shall be ordered on board, with two windsails and one Osbridge’s machine for sweetening water, and likewise water casks, and the rate of one butt for each person embarked, all at the proper cost and charge of the owners. The said James Duncan, (on behalf of the owners of the said ship) also agrees, that twenty working days, from the day she is certified to be in readiness on the part of the owners, shall be allowed to the said Commissioners, to wait in the River Thames, and twenty working days to embark the convicts, &c. at Cork, (not including the day of the ship’s arrival or sailing) and twenty working days to disembark the convicts, provisions or stores at Port Jackson, in New South Wales, after notice being given by the Master, to the proper persons, of the ship’s arrival there and being ready for these purposes, but, if it shall happen that the said ship shall be detained by government, more than the aforesaid sixty working days altogether, then the said James Duncan, (on behalf of the owners) is to be allowed demurrage, at the rate of fifteen shillings per ton, per calendar month; but if the Master shall not give every assistance in his power, both with boats and ship’s company, in embarking and disembarking the said convicts, provisions or stores, no claim shall be allowed for the said demurrage: It is furthermore agreed, that, in case the said ship shall be ordered to stop for convoy in the Downs or at Portsmouth, after forty-eight hours fair wind, demurrage is then to be allowed to the said James Duncan, after the rate before mentioned. The said James Duncan, (on behalf of the owners) agrees to provide an approved surgeon, with a complete set of instruments, to attend the convicts embarked, the said Commissioners providing proper medicines for the voyage. The said James Duncan, (on behalf of the owners) doth furthermore promise and agree, that the Master of the said ship shall not bring any person from the settlement at Port Jackson, without orders in writing from the Governor or Deputy Governor for the time being, which orders he is to produce, upon his return, to the said Commissioners, or previously, if he shall have an opportunity of transmitting them. In consideration of which covenants and conditions, hereby agreed to be performed by the said James Duncan, (on behalf of the owners) the said Commissioners, (on behalf of His Majesty) do agree to pay unto the said James Duncan, (on behalf of the owners) for the hire and freight of the said ship, for the voyage aforesaid, (i.e. from the River Thames to Cork, and from thence to Port Jackson, in New South Wales), at the rate of eighteen pounds per head, for each man or woman, and half that sum for each child, and an addition of five pounds, twelve shillings and sixpence more for each of the two former, and half that sum for each child landed at Port Jackson, in New South Wales, together with an allowance of fourteen pence, for each man or woman, per month, for necessary money; the payments to be made in the following manner; viz<sup>t</sup>. Nine pounds, per head, for each man or woman and half that sum for each child, as part of the freight for the number of persons embarked, on producing a certificate of the ship having sailed from Cork, complete in men, stores, and in every other respect, on the owners’ part: and the remaining part of the freight, on producing a certificate from the Governor or Deputy Governor of New South Wales, of the number of convicts and other persons that were embarked in Ireland, being landed at Port Jackson, and the usual certificates of the true and just delivery of all the provisions, cabins, wood, and iron work, medicines and other stores belonging to government, that were put on board and not used; for the whole of which the Master is to account and be accountable. The freight of the provisions, put on board for the use of the convicts and other persons during the voyage, and also for nine months after they are landed, is included in the aforesaid rate per head; but for any other stores or provisions that may be carried out for the use of the settlement, the owners are to be paid, at the rate of eight pounds per ton: the whole of which payments are to be made by Transport Bills, in the usual way, with the interest added thereto. For the true performance of all and every the covenants, conditions and agreements herein set forth, on the part of the said James Duncan, (on behalf of the owners) he the said James Duncan, bindeth himself, his heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, and the said ship, with her tackle, apparel, freight and furniture unto the said Commissioners, (on behalf of His Majesty), in the penal sum of one thousand pounds, by these presents to be recovered and paid. In witness whereof, he the said James Duncan (on behalf of the owners) hath set his hand and seal to the one part hereof, and to the other part hereof, the said Commissioners, (on behalf of His Majesty) have signed their names, and caused the seal of the Transport Office to be affixed, the day and year before written.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>That is to say the said Messrs Camden Calvert and King have agreed and by these presents do agree to provide a sufficient number of ships and such as shall be approved of by the Naval Agent at Deptford for transporting 2000 convicts male and female with such officers soldiers provisions and stores as shall be order’d to be put on board to such ports in New South Wales as shall be required and the said Messrs Camden Calvert and King do covenant promise and agree that the said ships shall be strong firm tight staunch and substantial both above water and beneath and of sufficient capacity to allow of two tons for each person to be embark’d on board them and shall and will sail forthwith to such ports in Great Britain or Ireland as shall be requir’d wind and weather permitting equipped fitted furnished and provided with masts sails sail yards anchors ropes cords tackle apparel also with proper iron bars and gratings to their hatchways necessary for such a voyage and for the security of the convicts and such bulkheads and cabins as shall be directed by the Naval Agent and may be proper for the accommodation of the soldiers and convicts and such irons and handcuffs as may be necessary for the securing of the latter to be embarked in them also with furniture and all other materials and things necessary proper convenient and fit for such ships for their intended voyage and service and two proper boats three large cables of 120 fathoms each or so many together as will make up 360 fathoms and one stream cable all in good condition for each ship and all proper sails and not less than two mail sails two main topsails two foresails two foretop sails two windsails one Osbridge’s machine to sweeten water for each ship which is to be mann’d in the proportion of six men and a boy to every 100 tons fit and capable to manage and sail her and the said ships shall in like manner be furnish’d and provided with coals firehearths coppers and furnaces for boiling and dressing the provisions for such number of soldiers and convicts as shall be order’d and direct’d to be put on board them and also with cans and pumps for serving the said soldiers and convicts with beer and water on their voyage as well with platters spoons candles and lantherns and also all necessaries that may be want’d and required for their accommodation also the Masters of the said ships shall receive and take on board the said ships from time to time such number of soldiers convicts provisions and any kind or sort of victualling or other stores and whatever else there shall be occasion for the service of His Majesty as shall be direct’d and required and as they can reasonably store and carry the whole tonnage of the shipping to be for the use of government as far as their destined port except such part as may be necessary for the ships stores and provisions for the ships company and shall and will therewith proceed and sail to such place or places in New South Wales as the said Commissioners or Naval Agent whose command they shall be under shall order and direct landing and delivering the same accordingly and that during the voyage the Masters of the said ships shall obey all orders and directions of the said Naval Agents and so from time to time during their continuance in the service in performance of which the said Masters and their men with their boats shall aiding and assisting to the utmost of their power also the said Masters shall and are hereby oblig’d to give and sign receipts bills of lading and other indents for what they shall receive on board men and women except’d and be accountable for the same and the said Masters are hereby oblig’d to keep true journals of the wind and weather and other <nowiki>remarkable observations and at the end and determination of the said service shall deliver the same into the Navy Office upon oath if required together with all the orders & instructions that they shall have received and in case any of the ships should depart from the company of the Naval Agent under whose command they shall be the Master of the ship which has depart’d from the company of the Naval Agent under whose command they shall be the Master of the ship which has depart’d from the Company of the Naval Agent shall upon his arrival in any port or place whatsoever by the first opportunity send immediate notice thereof to the Commissioners and if the ships which have depart’d from the company of the Naval Agent under whose command they were at first shall afterwards fall in with any other of the Naval Agents who are appointed to this service the Masters of the said ships shall obey his orders and directions in the same manner as they were to obey those of the Naval Agent under whose command they were at first and it is hereby declar’d and agreed that each of the Naval Agents shall have the choice of the ship in which he is to sail and that he shall be accommodated with a berth in the Great Cabin or elsewhere as he shall judge most proper and fitted in such manner as shall be most convenient for his employment and that each of the Commission’d Officers commanding the soldiers shall have proper berths in the Great Cabin of the ship in which they are to embark in which proper accommodation are to be reserved for the use of the Master and that the gunroom forecastle and steerage or such part thereof as shall be necessary be reserv’d for lodging the seamen and soldiers. And it is hereby further agreed that the said Messrs Camden Calvert and King shall put on board the said ships sufficient quantity of provisions to victual the soldiers and convicts for eight months at the following rashions [rations] and shall victual them accordingly.</nowiki></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>That is to say the said Messrs Camden Calvert and King have agreed and by these presents do agree to provide a sufficient number of ships and such as shall be approved of by the Naval Agent at Deptford for transporting 2000 convicts male and female with such officers soldiers provisions and stores as shall be order’d to be put on board to such ports in New South Wales as shall be required and the said Messrs Camden Calvert and King do covenant promise and agree that the said ships shall be strong firm tight staunch and substantial both above water and beneath and of sufficient capacity to allow of two tons for each person to be embark’d on board them and shall and will sail forthwith to such ports in Great Britain or Ireland as shall be requir’d wind and weather permitting equipped fitted furnished and provided with masts sails sail yards anchors ropes cords tackle apparel also with proper iron bars and gratings to their hatchways necessary for such a voyage and for the security of the convicts and such bulkheads and cabins as shall be directed by the Naval Agent and may be proper for the accommodation of the soldiers and convicts and such irons and handcuffs as may be necessary for the securing of the latter to be embarked in them also with furniture and all other materials and things necessary proper convenient and fit for such ships for their intended voyage and service and two proper boats three large cables of 120 fathoms each or so many together as will make up 360 fathoms and one stream cable all in good condition for each ship and all proper sails and not less than two mail sails two main topsails two foresails two foretop sails two windsails one Osbridge’s machine to sweeten water for each ship which is to be mann’d in the proportion of six men and a boy to every 100 tons fit and capable to manage and sail her and the said ships shall in like manner be furnish’d and provided with coals firehearths coppers and furnaces for boiling and dressing the provisions for such number of soldiers and convicts as shall be order’d and direct’d to be put on board them and also with cans and pumps for serving the said soldiers and convicts with beer and water on their voyage as well with platters spoons candles and lantherns and also all necessaries that may be want’d and required for their accommodation also the Masters of the said ships shall receive and take on board the said ships from time to time such number of soldiers convicts provisions and any kind or sort of victualling or other stores and whatever else there shall be occasion for the service of His Majesty as shall be direct’d and required and as they can reasonably store and carry the whole tonnage of the shipping to be for the use of government as far as their destined port except such part as may be necessary for the ships stores and provisions for the ships company and shall and will therewith proceed and sail to such place or places in New South Wales as the said Commissioners or Naval Agent whose command they shall be under shall order and direct landing and delivering the same accordingly and that during the voyage the Masters of the said ships shall obey all orders and directions of the said Naval Agents and so from time to time during their continuance in the service in performance of which the said Masters and their men with their boats shall aiding and assisting to the utmost of their power also the said Masters shall and are hereby oblig’d to give and sign receipts bills of lading and other indents for what they shall receive on board men and women except’d and be accountable for the same and the said Masters are hereby oblig’d to keep true journals of the wind and weather and other <nowiki>remarkable observations and at the end and determination of the said service shall deliver the same into the Navy Office upon oath if required together with all the orders & instructions that they shall have received and in case any of the ships should depart from the company of the Naval Agent under whose command they shall be the Master of the ship which has depart’d from the company of the Naval Agent under whose command they shall be the Master of the ship which has depart’d from the Company of the Naval Agent shall upon his arrival in any port or place whatsoever by the first opportunity send immediate notice thereof to the Commissioners and if the ships which have depart’d from the company of the Naval Agent under whose command they were at first shall afterwards fall in with any other of the Naval Agents who are appointed to this service the Masters of the said ships shall obey his orders and directions in the same manner as they were to obey those of the Naval Agent under whose command they were at first and it is hereby declar’d and agreed that each of the Naval Agents shall have the choice of the ship in which he is to sail and that he shall be accommodated with a berth in the Great Cabin or elsewhere as he shall judge most proper and fitted in such manner as shall be most convenient for his employment and that each of the Commission’d Officers commanding the soldiers shall have proper berths in the Great Cabin of the ship in which they are to embark in which proper accommodation are to be reserved for the use of the Master and that the gunroom forecastle and steerage or such part thereof as shall be necessary be reserv’d for lodging the seamen and soldiers. And it is hereby further agreed that the said Messrs Camden Calvert and King shall put on board the said ships sufficient quantity of provisions to victual the soldiers and convicts for eight months at the following rashions [rations] and shall victual them accordingly.</nowiki></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is covenanted concluded and agreed upon this twenty-seventh day of August in Year of Our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine and in the Twenty-ninth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth: By and between George Whitlock of Crutched Friars, London, broker, on behalf of the owners of the under-mentioned ships, now riding in the River Thames – Neptune, of eight hundred tons burthen, Thomas Gilbert, Master; Surprize, of four hundred and twenty tons, Donald Trail; Scarborough, of four hundred and twenty tons, John Marshall, of the one part; and the principal officers and Commissioners of His Majesty’s Navy, for and on behalf of His Majesty, of the other part in the manner and form following; (That is to say) the said George Whitlock, for and on behalf of himself and all and every part owners of the said ships or vessels hath granted and to hire freight and let, and by these presents doth grant, and to hire and freight let, the said ships or vessels to the said Commissioners, to receive on board at such port or ports as shall be directed, one thousand or more convicts, male and female, with such officers soldiers provisions and stores, as shall be ordered to be put on board them, and proceed therewith to such ports in New South Wales as shall be required: and the said Commissioners, for and on behalf of His Majesty, have hired and retained the said ships or vessels for the said service accordingly. Item, the said George Whitlock doth covenant, promise, and agree, that the said ships shall be strong, firm, tight, staunch, and substantial, both above water and beneath, and will sail forthwith to and near Woolwich, Portsmouth, and Plymouth, as shall be directed, wind and weather permitting, equipped, fitted, furnished, and provided with masts, sails, sail yards, anchors, ropes, cords, tackle, apparel, also with proper iron bars and gratings to their hatchways necessary for such a voyage, and for the security of the prisoners, and such bulkheads and cabins as shall be directed by the Naval Agent, and may be proper for the accommodation of the soldiers and convicts, and such irons and handcuffs as may be necessary for the securing of the latter, to be embarked in them: also with furniture and all other materials and things necessary, proper, convenient, and fit for such ships or vessels for their intended voyage and service, and to have two proper boats, three large cables of one hundred and twenty fathoms each, or so many together as will make up three hundred and sixty fathoms, and one stream cable, all in good condition, for each ship or vessel, and have all proper sails, and not less than two mail sails, two main topsails, two foresails, two foretopsails for each ship; and also to be manned in the proportion of six men and a boy to every one hundred tons, fit and capable to manage and sail them; and the said ships or vessels shall in like manner be furnished and provided, at the cost and charge of the owners, with coals, fire hearths, coppers or furnaces for boiling and dressing the provisions for such a number of soldiers and convicts as shall be ordered and directed to be received on board; and also with cans and pumps for serving the said soldiers and convicts with beer and water on their voyage, as well with platters, spoons, candles and lanthorns and also all necessaries that may be wanted or required for their accommodation. Item, the said Masters shall and will receive and take on board the said ships or vessels, from time to time, such number of soldiers, convicts, and provisions, or any kind or sort of victualling or other stores, and whatever else there shall be occasion for, for the service of His Majesty, as shall be directed and required, and as they can reasonably store and carry, the whole stowage being for the use of His Majesty as far as their destined port, and shall and will therewith proceed, and sail to such place or places in New South Wales as the said Commissioners or Naval Agent, whose command they shall be under, shall order and direct, landing and delivering the same accordingly; and that during their passage the Masters of the said ships shall follow all orders and directions they shall receive from the Naval Agent, and so from time to time, during their continuance in the said service; in performance of which, the said Masters and their men, with their boats, shall be aiding and assisting to the utmost of their power. Item, the said Masters shall, and are hereby obliged to give and sign receipts, bills of lading, and other proper indents, for what they shall receive on board, men and women excepted, and be accountable for the same; and the said Masters are likewise hereby obliged to keep true journals of the wind and weather, and other remarkable observations, and at the end and determination of the said service to deliver the same into the Navy Office, upon oath, if required, together with all the orders & instructions that they shall receive; and in case of parting company with the Agent, upon the arrival of any of the said ships or vessels at any port or place whatsoever, the Master shall also by the first opportunity, send immediate notice thereof to the said Commissioners; And it is declared and agreed that the Naval Agent shall be accommodated with a berth in the Round House of the Neptune; the officers commanding the soldiers with the Great Cabin on the Gun Deck of the said ship; and that each of the commissioned officers who command the soldiers on board the Scarborough and Surprize shall have a berth in the Great Cabins of those ships, in which proper accommodations are to be reserved for the use of the Masters; and that the Gun Room, forecastle, and steerage, or such part thereof as shall be necessary, be reserved for lodging the seamen and soldiers: And it is also hereby further agreed between the said George Whitlock and the said Commissioners, that the said George Whitlock shall put on board the said ships sufficient quantity of provisions for the convicts and soldiers to be embarked; and shall victual them at the under-mentioned rations; viz<sup>t</sup>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It is covenanted concluded and agreed upon this twenty-seventh day of August in Year of Our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine and in the Twenty-ninth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth: By and between George Whitlock of Crutched Friars, London, broker, on behalf of the owners of the under-mentioned ships, now riding in the River Thames – Neptune, of eight hundred tons burthen, Thomas Gilbert, Master; Surprize, of four hundred and twenty tons, Donald Trail; Scarborough, of four hundred and twenty tons, John Marshall, of the one part; and the principal officers and Commissioners of His Majesty’s Navy, for and on behalf of His Majesty, of the other part in the manner and form following; (That is to say) the said George Whitlock, for and on behalf of himself and all and every part owners of the said ships or vessels hath granted and to hire freight and let, and by these presents doth grant, and to hire and freight let, the said ships or vessels to the said Commissioners, to receive on board at such port or ports as shall be directed, one thousand or more convicts, male and female, with such officers soldiers provisions and stores, as shall be ordered to be put on board them, and proceed therewith to such ports in New South Wales as shall be required: and the said Commissioners, for and on behalf of His Majesty, have hired and retained the said ships or vessels for the said service accordingly. Item, the said George Whitlock doth covenant, promise, and agree, that the said ships shall be strong, firm, tight, staunch, and substantial, both above water and beneath, and will sail forthwith to and near Woolwich, Portsmouth, and Plymouth, as shall be directed, wind and weather permitting, equipped, fitted, furnished, and provided with masts, sails, sail yards, anchors, ropes, cords, tackle, apparel, also with proper iron bars and gratings to their hatchways necessary for such a voyage, and for the security of the prisoners, and such bulkheads and cabins as shall be directed by the Naval Agent, and may be proper for the accommodation of the soldiers and convicts, and such irons and handcuffs as may be necessary for the securing of the latter, to be embarked in them: also with furniture and all other materials and things necessary, proper, convenient, and fit for such ships or vessels for their intended voyage and service, and to have two proper boats, three large cables of one hundred and twenty fathoms each, or so many together as will make up three hundred and sixty fathoms, and one stream cable, all in good condition, for each ship or vessel, and have all proper sails, and not less than two mail sails, two main topsails, two foresails, two foretopsails for each ship; and also to be manned in the proportion of six men and a boy to every one hundred tons, fit and capable to manage and sail them; and the said ships or vessels shall in like manner be furnished and provided, at the cost and charge of the owners, with coals, fire hearths, coppers or furnaces for boiling and dressing the provisions for such a number of soldiers and convicts as shall be ordered and directed to be received on board; and also with cans and pumps for serving the said soldiers and convicts with beer and water on their voyage, as well with platters, spoons, candles and lanthorns and also all necessaries that may be wanted or required for their accommodation. Item, the said Masters shall and will receive and take on board the said ships or vessels, from time to time, such number of soldiers, convicts, and provisions, or any kind or sort of victualling or other stores, and whatever else there shall be occasion for, for the service of His Majesty, as shall be directed and required, and as they can reasonably store and carry, the whole stowage being for the use of His Majesty as far as their destined port, and shall and will therewith proceed, and sail to such place or places in New South Wales as the said Commissioners or Naval Agent, whose command they shall be under, shall order and direct, landing and delivering the same accordingly; and that during their passage the Masters of the said ships shall follow all orders and directions they shall receive from the Naval Agent, and so from time to time, during their continuance in the said service; in performance of which, the said Masters and their men, with their boats, shall be aiding and assisting to the utmost of their power. Item, the said Masters shall, and are hereby obliged to give and sign receipts, bills of lading, and other proper indents, for what they shall receive on board, men and women excepted, and be accountable for the same; and the said Masters are likewise hereby obliged to keep true journals of the wind and weather, and other remarkable observations, and at the end and determination of the said service to deliver the same into the Navy Office, upon oath, if required, together with all the orders & instructions that they shall receive; and in case of parting company with the Agent, upon the arrival of any of the said ships or vessels at any port or place whatsoever, the Master shall also by the first opportunity, send immediate notice thereof to the said Commissioners; And it is declared and agreed that the Naval Agent shall be accommodated with a berth in the Round House of the Neptune; the officers commanding the soldiers with the Great Cabin on the Gun Deck of the said ship; and that each of the commissioned officers who command the soldiers on board the Scarborough and Surprize shall have a berth in the Great Cabins of those ships, in which proper accommodations are to be reserved for the use of the Masters; and that the Gun Room, forecastle, and steerage, or such part thereof as shall be necessary, be reserved for lodging the seamen and soldiers: And it is also hereby further agreed between the said George Whitlock and the said Commissioners, that the said George Whitlock shall put on board the said ships sufficient quantity of provisions for the convicts and soldiers to be embarked; and shall victual them at the under-mentioned rations; viz<sup>t</sup>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><center></del>Ration of Provisions for each Mess of Six Male Convicts for Seven Days Successively<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></center></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Ration of Provisions for each Mess of Six Male Convicts for Seven Days Successively</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{| style="border-spacing:0;"</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{| style="border-spacing:0;"</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l307" >Line 307:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 307:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Each mess to be allowed two pounds of soap per month.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Each mess to be allowed two pounds of soap per month.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><center></del>Ration of Provisions for each Mess of Six Female Convicts for Seven Days Successively<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></center></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Ration of Provisions for each Mess of Six Female Convicts for Seven Days Successively</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{| style="border-spacing:0;"</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{| style="border-spacing:0;"</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l365" >Line 365:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 365:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The said George Whitlock doth hereby oblige himself to provide and put on board the said ships one hundred and twenty gallons of water for each convict. And the said George Whitlock has also further agreed to furnish each of the said convicts with the following articles of clothing, agreeable to a pattern sealed and kept at the Navy Office.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The said George Whitlock doth hereby oblige himself to provide and put on board the said ships one hundred and twenty gallons of water for each convict. And the said George Whitlock has also further agreed to furnish each of the said convicts with the following articles of clothing, agreeable to a pattern sealed and kept at the Navy Office.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><center></del>Clothing for the Male Convicts<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></center></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clothing for the Male Convicts</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{| style="border-spacing:0;"</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{| style="border-spacing:0;"</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l388" >Line 388:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 388:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|}</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><center></del>Clothing for the Female Convicts<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></center></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clothing for the Female Convicts</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{| style="border-spacing:0;"</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{| style="border-spacing:0;"</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l413" >Line 413:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 414:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|}</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>And also such bed and bedding for each of the said convicts as may be approved of by the Naval Agent.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>And also such bed and bedding for each of the said convicts as may be approved of by the Naval Agent.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Adminhttp://convicts.sturgess.org/index.php?title=Transportation_Contracts&diff=522&oldid=prevAdmin: /* Copy of Contract, 1791 or 1792 */2016-03-23T20:49:16Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Copy of Contract, 1791 or 1792</span></span></p>
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</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l174" >Line 174:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 174:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|}</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Each mess to be allowed two pounds of soap per month.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Each mess to be allowed two pounds of soap per month.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Ration of Provisions for each Soldier for Seven Days Successively</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Ration of Provisions for each Soldier for Seven Days Successively</div></td></tr>
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<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 196:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The said George Whitlock doth hereby oblige himself to provide and put on board the said ships one hundred and twenty gallons of water for each convict. And the said George Whitlock has also further agreed to furnish each of the said convicts with the following articles of clothing agreeable to a pattern sealed and kept at the Navy Office.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The said George Whitlock doth hereby oblige himself to provide and put on board the said ships one hundred and twenty gallons of water for each convict. And the said George Whitlock has also further agreed to furnish each of the said convicts with the following articles of clothing agreeable to a pattern sealed and kept at the Navy Office.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><center></del>Clothing for the Male Convicts<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></center></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clothing for the Male Convicts</div></td></tr>
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<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 246:</td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>And also such bed and bedding for each of the said convicts as may be approved of by the Naval Agent.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>And also such bed and bedding for each of the said convicts as may be approved of by the Naval Agent.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Adminhttp://convicts.sturgess.org/index.php?title=Transportation_Contracts&diff=521&oldid=prevAdmin: /* Copy of Contract, 1791 or 1792 */2016-03-23T20:48:01Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Copy of Contract, 1791 or 1792</span></span></p>
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</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l136" >Line 136:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 136:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Each mess to be allowed two pounds of soap per month.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Each mess to be allowed two pounds of soap per month.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Adminhttp://convicts.sturgess.org/index.php?title=Transportation_Contracts&diff=520&oldid=prevAdmin: /* Copy of Contract, 1791 or 1792 */2016-03-23T20:47:23Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Copy of Contract, 1791 or 1792</span></span></p>
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<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 136:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Each mess to be allowed two pounds of soap per month.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Each mess to be allowed two pounds of soap per month.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Adminhttp://convicts.sturgess.org/index.php?title=Transportation_Contracts&diff=519&oldid=prevAdmin: /* Copy of Contract, 1791 or 1792 */2016-03-23T20:46:39Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Copy of Contract, 1791 or 1792</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>of the one part and the principal officers and Commissioners of His Majesty’s Navy, for and on behalf of His Majesty of the other part in manner and form following, that is to say the said George Whitlock, for and on behalf of himself and all and every part owners of the said ships or vessels hath granted and to hire freight and let and by these presents doth grant and to hire and freight let the said ships or vessels to the said Commissioners to receive on board at such port or ports as shall be directed one thousand or more convicts male and female with such officers soldiers, provisions and stores as shall be ordered to be put on board them and proceed therewith to such ports in New South Wales as shall be required and the said Commissioners for and on behalf of His Majesty have hired and retained the said ships or vessels for the said service accordingly. Item the said George Whitlock doth covenant promise and agree that the said ships shall be strong firm tight staunch and substantial both above water and beneath, and will sail forthwith to and near Woolwich, Portsmouth and Plymouth, as shall be directed wind and weather permitting equipped fitted furnished and provided with masts, sails, sail yards, anchors, ropes, cords, tackle, apparel, also with proper iron bars and gratings to their hatchways necessary for such a voyage and for the security of the prisoners and such bulkheads and cabins as shall be directed by the Naval Agent and may be proper for the accommodation of the soldiers and convicts and such irons and handcuffs as may be necessary for the securing of the latter to be embarked in them, also with furniture and all other materials and things necessary proper convenient and fit for such ships or vessels for their intended voyage and service, and to have two proper boats three large cables of one hundred and twenty fathoms each or so many together as will make up three hundred and sixty fathoms, and one stream cable all in good condition for each ship or vessel, and have all proper sails, and not less than two mail sails, two main topsails, two <sup>foresails</sup>, two foretopsails for each ship, and also to be manned in the proportion of six men and a boy to every one hundred tons fit and capable to manage and sail them and the said ships or vessels shall in like manner be furnished and provided at the cost and charge of the owners, with coals fire hearths coppers or furnaces for boiling and dressing the provisions for such a number of soldiers and convicts as shall be ordered and directed to be received on board and also with cans and pumps for serving the said soldiers and convicts with beer and water on their voyage as well with platters spoons candles and lanthorns and also all necessaries that may be wanted or required for their accommodation. Item the said Masters shall and will receive and take on board the said ships or vessels from time to time such number of soldiers convicts and provisions or any kind or sort of victualling or other stores and whatever else there shall be occasion for the service of His Majesty as shall be directed and required and as they can reasonably store and carry the whole stowage being for the use of His Majesty as far as their destined port and shall and will therewith proceed and sail to such place or places in New South Wales, as the said Commissioners or Naval Agent whose command they shall be under shall order and direct landing and delivering the same accordingly, and that during their passage the Masters of the said ships shall follow all orders and directions they shall receive from the Naval Agent and so from time to time during their continuance in the said service in performance of which the said Masters and their men with their boats shall be aiding and assisting to the utmost of their power. Item the said Masters shall & are hereby obliged to give and sign receipts bills of lading and other proper indents for what they shall receive on board men and women excepted and be accountable for the same and the said Masters are likewise hereby obliged to keep true journals of the wind and weather and other remarkable observations and at the end and determination of the said service to deliver the same into the Navy Office upon oath if required together with all the orders & instructions that they shall receive and in case of parting company with the Agent upon the arrival of any of the said ships or vessels at any port or place whatsoever the Master shall also by the first opportunity send immediate notice thereof to the said Commissioners. And it is declared and agreed that the Naval Agent shall be accommodated with a berth in the Round House of the Neptune; the officers commanding the soldiers with the Great Cabin on the Gun Deck of the said ship, and that each of the commissioned officers who command the soldiers on board the Scarborough and Surprize shall have a berth in the Great Cabins of those ships, in which proper accommodations are to be reserved for the use of the Masters, and that the Gun Room, forecastle, and steerage or such part thereof as shall be necessary for lodging the seamen and soldiers. And it is also hereby further agreed between the said George Whitlock and the said Commissioners, that the said George Whitlock shall put on board the said ships sufficient quantity of provisions for the convicts and soldiers to be embarked and shall victual them at the undermentioned rations viz<sup>t</sup>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>of the one part and the principal officers and Commissioners of His Majesty’s Navy, for and on behalf of His Majesty of the other part in manner and form following, that is to say the said George Whitlock, for and on behalf of himself and all and every part owners of the said ships or vessels hath granted and to hire freight and let and by these presents doth grant and to hire and freight let the said ships or vessels to the said Commissioners to receive on board at such port or ports as shall be directed one thousand or more convicts male and female with such officers soldiers, provisions and stores as shall be ordered to be put on board them and proceed therewith to such ports in New South Wales as shall be required and the said Commissioners for and on behalf of His Majesty have hired and retained the said ships or vessels for the said service accordingly. Item the said George Whitlock doth covenant promise and agree that the said ships shall be strong firm tight staunch and substantial both above water and beneath, and will sail forthwith to and near Woolwich, Portsmouth and Plymouth, as shall be directed wind and weather permitting equipped fitted furnished and provided with masts, sails, sail yards, anchors, ropes, cords, tackle, apparel, also with proper iron bars and gratings to their hatchways necessary for such a voyage and for the security of the prisoners and such bulkheads and cabins as shall be directed by the Naval Agent and may be proper for the accommodation of the soldiers and convicts and such irons and handcuffs as may be necessary for the securing of the latter to be embarked in them, also with furniture and all other materials and things necessary proper convenient and fit for such ships or vessels for their intended voyage and service, and to have two proper boats three large cables of one hundred and twenty fathoms each or so many together as will make up three hundred and sixty fathoms, and one stream cable all in good condition for each ship or vessel, and have all proper sails, and not less than two mail sails, two main topsails, two <sup>foresails</sup>, two foretopsails for each ship, and also to be manned in the proportion of six men and a boy to every one hundred tons fit and capable to manage and sail them and the said ships or vessels shall in like manner be furnished and provided at the cost and charge of the owners, with coals fire hearths coppers or furnaces for boiling and dressing the provisions for such a number of soldiers and convicts as shall be ordered and directed to be received on board and also with cans and pumps for serving the said soldiers and convicts with beer and water on their voyage as well with platters spoons candles and lanthorns and also all necessaries that may be wanted or required for their accommodation. Item the said Masters shall and will receive and take on board the said ships or vessels from time to time such number of soldiers convicts and provisions or any kind or sort of victualling or other stores and whatever else there shall be occasion for the service of His Majesty as shall be directed and required and as they can reasonably store and carry the whole stowage being for the use of His Majesty as far as their destined port and shall and will therewith proceed and sail to such place or places in New South Wales, as the said Commissioners or Naval Agent whose command they shall be under shall order and direct landing and delivering the same accordingly, and that during their passage the Masters of the said ships shall follow all orders and directions they shall receive from the Naval Agent and so from time to time during their continuance in the said service in performance of which the said Masters and their men with their boats shall be aiding and assisting to the utmost of their power. Item the said Masters shall & are hereby obliged to give and sign receipts bills of lading and other proper indents for what they shall receive on board men and women excepted and be accountable for the same and the said Masters are likewise hereby obliged to keep true journals of the wind and weather and other remarkable observations and at the end and determination of the said service to deliver the same into the Navy Office upon oath if required together with all the orders & instructions that they shall receive and in case of parting company with the Agent upon the arrival of any of the said ships or vessels at any port or place whatsoever the Master shall also by the first opportunity send immediate notice thereof to the said Commissioners. And it is declared and agreed that the Naval Agent shall be accommodated with a berth in the Round House of the Neptune; the officers commanding the soldiers with the Great Cabin on the Gun Deck of the said ship, and that each of the commissioned officers who command the soldiers on board the Scarborough and Surprize shall have a berth in the Great Cabins of those ships, in which proper accommodations are to be reserved for the use of the Masters, and that the Gun Room, forecastle, and steerage or such part thereof as shall be necessary for lodging the seamen and soldiers. And it is also hereby further agreed between the said George Whitlock and the said Commissioners, that the said George Whitlock shall put on board the said ships sufficient quantity of provisions for the convicts and soldiers to be embarked and shall victual them at the undermentioned rations viz<sup>t</sup>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>of the one part and the principal officers and Commissioners of His Majesty’s Navy, for and on behalf of His Majesty of the other part in manner and form following, that is to say the said George Whitlock, for and on behalf of himself and all and every part owners of the said ships or vessels hath granted and to hire freight and let and by these presents doth grant and to hire and freight let the said ships or vessels to the said Commissioners to receive on board at such port or ports as shall be directed one thousand or more convicts male and female with such officers soldiers, provisions and stores as shall be ordered to be put on board them and proceed therewith to such ports in New South Wales as shall be required and the said Commissioners for and on behalf of His Majesty have hired and retained the said ships or vessels for the said service accordingly. Item the said George Whitlock doth covenant promise and agree that the said ships shall be strong firm tight staunch and substantial both above water and beneath, and will sail forthwith to and near Woolwich, Portsmouth and Plymouth, as shall be directed wind and weather permitting equipped fitted furnished and provided with masts, sails, sail yards, anchors, ropes, cords, tackle, apparel, also with proper iron bars and gratings to their hatchways necessary for such a voyage and for the security of the prisoners and such bulkheads and cabins as shall be directed by the Naval Agent and may be proper for the accommodation of the soldiers and convicts and such irons and handcuffs as may be necessary for the securing of the latter to be embarked in them, also with furniture and all other materials and things necessary proper convenient and fit for such ships or vessels for their intended voyage and service, and to have two proper boats three large cables of one hundred and twenty fathoms each or so many together as will make up three hundred and sixty fathoms, and one stream cable all in good condition for each ship or vessel, and have all proper sails, and not less than two mail sails, two main topsails, two <sup>foresails</sup>, two foretopsails for each ship, and also to be manned in the proportion of six men and a boy to every one hundred tons fit and capable to manage and sail them and the said ships or vessels shall in like manner be furnished and provided at the cost and charge of the owners, with coals fire hearths coppers or furnaces for boiling and dressing the provisions for such a number of soldiers and convicts as shall be ordered and directed to be received on board and also with cans and pumps for serving the said soldiers and convicts with beer and water on their voyage as well with platters spoons candles and lanthorns and also all necessaries that may be wanted or required for their accommodation. Item the said Masters shall and will receive and take on board the said ships or vessels from time to time such number of soldiers convicts and provisions or any kind or sort of victualling or other stores and whatever else there shall be occasion for the service of His Majesty as shall be directed and required and as they can reasonably store and carry the whole stowage being for the use of His Majesty as far as their destined port and shall and will therewith proceed and sail to such place or places in New South Wales, as the said Commissioners or Naval Agent whose command they shall be under shall order and direct landing and delivering the same accordingly, and that during their passage the Masters of the said ships shall follow all orders and directions they shall receive from the Naval Agent and so from time to time during their continuance in the said service in performance of which the said Masters and their men with their boats shall be aiding and assisting to the utmost of their power. Item the said Masters shall & are hereby obliged to give and sign receipts bills of lading and other proper indents for what they shall receive on board men and women excepted and be accountable for the same and the said Masters are likewise hereby obliged to keep true journals of the wind and weather and other remarkable observations and at the end and determination of the said service to deliver the same into the Navy Office upon oath if required together with all the orders & instructions that they shall receive and in case of parting company with the Agent upon the arrival of any of the said ships or vessels at any port or place whatsoever the Master shall also by the first opportunity send immediate notice thereof to the said Commissioners. And it is declared and agreed that the Naval Agent shall be accommodated with a berth in the Round House of the Neptune; the officers commanding the soldiers with the Great Cabin on the Gun Deck of the said ship, and that each of the commissioned officers who command the soldiers on board the Scarborough and Surprize shall have a berth in the Great Cabins of those ships, in which proper accommodations are to be reserved for the use of the Masters, and that the Gun Room, forecastle, and steerage or such part thereof as shall be necessary for lodging the seamen and soldiers. And it is also hereby further agreed between the said George Whitlock and the said Commissioners, that the said George Whitlock shall put on board the said ships sufficient quantity of provisions for the convicts and soldiers to be embarked and shall victual them at the undermentioned rations viz<sup>t</sup>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>of the one part and the principal officers and Commissioners of His Majesty’s Navy, for and on behalf of His Majesty of the other part in manner and form following, that is to say the said George Whitlock, for and on behalf of himself and all and every part owners of the said ships or vessels hath granted and to hire freight and let and by these presents doth grant and to hire and freight let the said ships or vessels to the said Commissioners to receive on board at such port or ports as shall be directed one thousand or more convicts male and female with such officers soldiers, provisions and stores as shall be ordered to be put on board them and proceed therewith to such ports in New South Wales as shall be required and the said Commissioners for and on behalf of His Majesty have hired and retained the said ships or vessels for the said service accordingly. Item the said George Whitlock doth covenant promise and agree that the said ships shall be strong firm tight staunch and substantial both above water and beneath, and will sail forthwith to and near Woolwich, Portsmouth and Plymouth, as shall be directed wind and weather permitting equipped fitted furnished and provided with masts, sails, sail yards, anchors, ropes, cords, tackle, apparel, also with proper iron bars and gratings to their hatchways necessary for such a voyage and for the security of the prisoners and such bulkheads and cabins as shall be directed by the Naval Agent and may be proper for the accommodation of the soldiers and convicts and such irons and handcuffs as may be necessary for the securing of the latter to be embarked in them, also with furniture and all other materials and things necessary proper convenient and fit for such ships or vessels for their intended voyage and service, and to have two proper boats three large cables of one hundred and twenty fathoms each or so many together as will make up three hundred and sixty fathoms, and one stream cable all in good condition for each ship or vessel, and have all proper sails, and not less than two mail sails, two main topsails, two <sup>foresails</sup>, two foretopsails for each ship, and also to be manned in the proportion of six men and a boy to every one hundred tons fit and capable to manage and sail them and the said ships or vessels shall in like manner be furnished and provided at the cost and charge of the owners, with coals fire hearths coppers or furnaces for boiling and dressing the provisions for such a number of soldiers and convicts as shall be ordered and directed to be received on board and also with cans and pumps for serving the said soldiers and convicts with beer and water on their voyage as well with platters spoons candles and lanthorns and also all necessaries that may be wanted or required for their accommodation. Item the said Masters shall and will receive and take on board the said ships or vessels from time to time such number of soldiers convicts and provisions or any kind or sort of victualling or other stores and whatever else there shall be occasion for the service of His Majesty as shall be directed and required and as they can reasonably store and carry the whole stowage being for the use of His Majesty as far as their destined port and shall and will therewith proceed and sail to such place or places in New South Wales, as the said Commissioners or Naval Agent whose command they shall be under shall order and direct landing and delivering the same accordingly, and that during their passage the Masters of the said ships shall follow all orders and directions they shall receive from the Naval Agent and so from time to time during their continuance in the said service in performance of which the said Masters and their men with their boats shall be aiding and assisting to the utmost of their power. Item the said Masters shall & are hereby obliged to give and sign receipts bills of lading and other proper indents for what they shall receive on board men and women excepted and be accountable for the same and the said Masters are likewise hereby obliged to keep true journals of the wind and weather and other remarkable observations and at the end and determination of the said service to deliver the same into the Navy Office upon oath if required together with all the orders & instructions that they shall receive and in case of parting company with the Agent upon the arrival of any of the said ships or vessels at any port or place whatsoever the Master shall also by the first opportunity send immediate notice thereof to the said Commissioners. And it is declared and agreed that the Naval Agent shall be accommodated with a berth in the Round House of the Neptune; the officers commanding the soldiers with the Great Cabin on the Gun Deck of the said ship, and that each of the commissioned officers who command the soldiers on board the Scarborough and Surprize shall have a berth in the Great Cabins of those ships, in which proper accommodations are to be reserved for the use of the Masters, and that the Gun Room, forecastle, and steerage or such part thereof as shall be necessary for lodging the seamen and soldiers. And it is also hereby further agreed between the said George Whitlock and the said Commissioners, that the said George Whitlock shall put on board the said ships sufficient quantity of provisions for the convicts and soldiers to be embarked and shall victual them at the undermentioned rations viz<sup>t</sup>.</div></td></tr>
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