!'The Cutting off of the 
u Boyd.” 
I N the Sydney Gazette of August, 1809, 
there appears a notice of the arrival of the 
ship Boyd with a cargo of convicts for New 
South Wales. She had sailed from the Thames 
on March 10, 1809, and arrived in Sydney Cove 
on August 14th following. After refitting she 
left in November on her return voyage to 
England, but proceeded via New Zealand, 
having been chartered by Mr. S. Lord, of 
Sydney, to touch at the port of Whangaroa 
and load a cargo of kauri spars for the naval 
authorities at the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. 
Lord also put on board a large quantity of 
New South Wales mahogany, sealskins, oil, and 
coal for the same market, in all amounting to 
the value of £ 15,000. There was among the 
other passengers “ an East Indian captain named 
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