i;Y JAMES KELLY. 17! 



Related to Mr. Kelly that he had only Returned to to 

 George Town, the Day previous that he had been out 

 with a Strong party of Military" for the Las! Six Wet ks 

 Round the North East Coast in search of Bowe' and 

 his party but heard nothing of them 



that he had Received Information that Howe" In- 

 ; aid <l to Lay Wait at the Entrance of the Tamer" to 

 Capture a Boat or a Vessel" that h Might mak< his 

 Escape over to the < of New Holland Mr. Kelly 



Spent tli? Night in the Majors quart rs and Having a 

 good Nights Sleep on a good Bed Saving 8 eping 



in the open air by a fire Sid.- for twenty five Nights Pre- 

 vious he .Twokf in tin Morning and found himself Verrj 

 Much Refreshed hi was also well housed and good 



Beding in the Soldiers Barracks 



10th January We Remained this Day at ('• orge Town 

 under the Major- 1 1 1 Bpit a I >':• Roof During the Day In- 

 ordered the Seargeant to open the Public' Store and 

 i Much Provisions, Such as Hour Tea Sugar 



Beef Port Spirits etc. as we thought proper to ask for 

 he also Remark' d thai the Mens Beding and Cloathing 

 were not Suficienl for Such a V _ as we were on he 

 ordered th - ant who was the Store Keeper to I-sm- 



to Each Man one Pair of Blankets and one Suit of Slops, 

 this Being all Public Prop rty Mr. K. offered to give a 

 Draft on Hobarl Town for the Whole amount <>f the 

 Supplies We had Received but the Gem rous Major said 

 No you shall not pay any thing for What you have !!■ 

 oeved I will account to the Government for all, you are 

 on a Voyage of Discovery What you are Doing is for the 

 Public Good and for the Good of this Colony— in the 

 Evening Every thing was Ready to Start the Next Morn- 

 ing and took another Night of the Majors Hospitality — 

 the Major prepared a Despatch adressed to the Lieuten- 

 ant Governor at Hobart Town informing him of What 

 he had Done with Mr. Kelly" and that Mr. Kelly had 

 offered his Services in the Event of him falling in with 

 Howe" and his party to Return to George Town or pro- 

 ceed on to Hobart Town Which Ever might be most 

 Convenient to inform the Government of Howes" Posi- 

 tion — Mr. Kelly was also Requested that in the Event of 

 him Coming in Contact with the Bushrangers to Destroy 

 the Despatch for fear of them falling into Howes" Hands 



it was not often that Communication Could be Had 



by the Government" betwen Hobart Town and George 



Town, in Consequence of Howes Formidable' Position in 



tho Bush" and Repcatedlv Sending threatining Letters to 



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