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service the following provisions and other necessaries of 

 good quality viz. 12 lbs of beef or mutton or ten pounds 

 of pork twelve pounds of bread or flour one and a half 

 pounds of sugar and a quarter of a pound of tea. All 

 extras to be chargeable against the said seamen as in the 

 case of clothes or money. Any wilful or negligent de- 

 struction or loss of any of the owners property or other 

 misconduct on the part of any seaman to the owner's 

 damage may be set off against the Lay or Share or other 

 claim for wages under this agreement. It is agreed that 

 the said George Chase's whaling vessel shall man two boats. 



DATED in Hobart Town this first day of September 



1855. 



(Signed) GEORGE CHASE. 



A skilful and. determined Captain was a priceless 

 asset to any owner, and such a man usually could command 

 the best boat-steerers and crews, in whose interests it was 

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