APPENDIX. 
No. I. 
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS. 
By His Excellency Lieutenant General Ralph Darling, Com- 
manding His Majesty’s Forces, Captain-General and Go- 
vernor-in-Chief of the Territory of New South Wales, and 
its dependencies, and Vice Admiral of the same, &c. &e. &c. 
To Charles Sturt, Esq. Captain in the 39th Regiment of' Foot. 
Whereas it has been judged expedient to fit out an expedition 
for the purpose of exploring the interior of New Holland, and the 
present dry season affords a reasonable prospect of an opportunity 
of ascertaining the nature and extent of the large marsh or marshes 
which stopped the progress of the late John Oxley Esq, Surveyor 
General, in following the courses of the rivers Lachlan and Mac- 
quarie in the years 1817 and 1818. And whereas I repose full 
confidence in your abilities and zeal for conducting such an ex- 
pedition, I do hereby constitute and appoint you to command 
and take charge of the expedition now preparing for the purpose 
of exploring the interior of the country, and for ascertaining, if 
