Historical Records of Australia

Series 1

Governors' Despatches to and from England

 Volume 1 1788 - 1796. p 447

Lieut.-Governor Grose to the Right Hon. Henry Dundas {Extract}

The vessel sent in frame by the Pitt has at length been put into the water. I have placed in her as the master the late boatswain of the Discovery. He had been sent here by Capt. Vancouver, for the purpose of returning to England as an invalid, but having recovered from his complaint, and being willing to take the command of the sloop for forty pounds a year, I thought it expedient to employ him, having manned the vessel with some seamen left here by other ships. She will sail for Dusky Bay in New Zealand immediately, in order to ascertain how far that place, which, I understand, possesses all the advantages of Norfolk Island, with the addition of a safe harbour and seal fishery, may tend to the benefit of his Majesty's service, as connected with these settlements.