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A VOYAGE TO 
[hi England, 
By the Commissioners for executing the 
office of Lord High Admiral of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, &c. 
Whereas the sloop you command has been fitted and stored for 
a voyage to remote parts ; And whereas it is our intention that you 
should proceed in her to the coast of New Holland for the purpose of 
making a complete examination and survey of the said coast, on the 
eastern side of which His Majesty's colony of New South Wales is 
situated ; You are hereby required and directed to put to sea the first 
favourable opportunity of wind and weather, and proceed with as 
little delay as possible in execution of the service above-mentioned,, 
repairing in the first place to Madeira and the Cape of Good Hope in 
order to take on board such supplies of water and live stock as you 
may be in want of. 
Having so done you are to make the best of your way to the coast 
of New Holland, running down the said coast from 130 degrees of 
east longitude to Bass's Strait ; (putting if you shall find it neces- 
sary, into King George the third's Harbour for refreshments and 
water previous to your commencing the survey ; ) and on your arrival on 
the coast, use your best endeavours to discover such harbours as may 
be in those parts ; and in case you should discover any creek or 
opening likely to lead to an inland sea or strait, you are at liberty 
either to examine it, or not, as you shall judge it most expedient, 
until a more favourable opportunity shall enable you so to do. 
When it shall appear to you necessary, you are to repair to Sydney 
Cove for the purpose of refreshing your people, refitting the sloop 
under your command, and consulting with the governor of New 
South Wales upon the best means of carrying on the survey of the 
coast ; and having received from him such information as he may be 
able to communicate, and taken under your command the Lady Nelson 
tender, which you may expect to find at Sydney Cove, you are to re- 
commence your survey, by first diligently examining the coast from 
Bass's Strait to King George the third's Harbour ; which you may 
do either by proceeding along shore to the westward, or, in case 
you should think it more expedient, by proceeding first to King 
