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with the rest of the community, do unanimously 
and fully acquiesce in your opinion, and will 
lose no time in attending to all your kind sug- 
gestions. 
"We cannot conclude without expressing our 
grateful thanks to you for all your kindness to 
us, especially for the late supply of sugar and 
tea you have so condescendingly presented to 
the community of Pitcairn's Island. 
" We sincerely hope and pray that Almighty 
God will bless your earnest endeavours for our 
welfare, both spiritual and temporal; and rest 
assured that our sincere prayers for your eternal 
happiness shall ever follow you. 
" Subscribing ourselves yours affectionately, 
" (Signed) Arthur Quintal, Jun., 
Magistrate of Pitcairn. 
" Thomas Buffett, Councillor. 
" Edward Quintal, Councillor" 
To Bear-Admiral Moresby, Portland. 
" Pitcairn's Island, Sept. 12th, 1853. 
" Honoured and respected Sir, — 
" We, the inhabitants of Pitcairn's Island, 
embrace the earliest opportunity of addressing 
your Honour, thanking you for your disinte- 
rested kindness towards us. Your fatherly 
kindness, we trust, will be indelibly impressed 
upon our memory. W r e may truly say, ' When 
we were sick you visited us,' and the necessary 
articles you sent on shore were of great service 
to us. Through the goodness of the Lord, the 
sickness did not prove fatal to any, although it 
