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84.
[Dr] Government
To Timothy Crain
1815
For Services done for the people of Colour settled in Preston
£ S D

To moving Robert Bush Friday Bush Henry Woodhouse and James Bush their families and effects from the ferry to Putnams farm a distance of ten miles at 30s per each family
Octobr 30 £6

1816
To House [illegible] fuel and necessaries supplyd a sick family
£5 6s 10 1/2d

£11 6s 10 1/2d

I do Certify that the above persons were landed at the Ferry wharf Dartmouth after the establishment of the Blacks at Mellville Island was done away with, by order of the late Governor; Sir John Cathor and finding these people destitute and unable to move their families to prevent their suffering I did authorize Mr Crain to perform the above service, and to prevent their perishing, a sick family of the Blacks were furnished with fuel and necessaries as above stated which services I considered myself authorised to require under the authority of his Excellency the Commander in Chief