“I have the honour to be, &c.(Signed) “Thomas Reid,“Surgeon and Superintendent.”
“I have the honour to be, &c.(Signed) “Thomas Reid,“Surgeon and Superintendent.”
“I have the honour to be, &c.(Signed) “Thomas Reid,“Surgeon and Superintendent.”
“I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) “Thomas Reid,
“Surgeon and Superintendent.”
The article alluded to in the above letter forms a part of the Instructions given from the Navy Board to every Surgeon in the convict service, and is as follows:
“In case any remark should occur to you respecting the general management of convicts on their passage, with a view still better to preserve their health, you are to communicate them to this Board for the information of the Secretary of State.”
4.Since my late return from New South Wales, I laid a statement of my losses before the Commissioners for victualling His Majesty’s Navy; and I am truly grateful for the kindness and attention with which they were pleased to treat me. The only remunerationtheycould grant was, to order the value of my surgical instruments to be paid; which they did most readily.
4.Since my late return from New South Wales, I laid a statement of my losses before the Commissioners for victualling His Majesty’s Navy; and I am truly grateful for the kindness and attention with which they were pleased to treat me. The only remunerationtheycould grant was, to order the value of my surgical instruments to be paid; which they did most readily.
5.Since my last return to England, I have heard with sincere pleasure that this subject has engaged the attention of the Navy Board; who, with great propriety, have directed tea and sugar to be issued to the women and children in lieu of spirits.
5.Since my last return to England, I have heard with sincere pleasure that this subject has engaged the attention of the Navy Board; who, with great propriety, have directed tea and sugar to be issued to the women and children in lieu of spirits.