Two Voyages to New South Wales and Van Diemen's LandReid, Thomas
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Two Voyages to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land
Reid, Thomas
Exiles -- Australia -- New South Wales; Exiles -- Australia -- Tasmania
Mustard, 170 lbs.: Soap, 510: combs, 31 large, 31 small, No. 62:
razors, 10: hone, 1: strop, 1: preserved meats, 476 lbs., value
42_l._ 10_s._: lemon juice, 242 gallons: sugar to mix with it,
1,939 lbs.
_Articles in case of Sickness._
Tea, 34 lbs.: sugar, 170: chocolate, 10: sago, 20: Scotch barley,
340: ginger, 1: black pepper, 3: allspice, 6: red port wine, 102
bottles: rice, 24 lbs.: pearl barley, 24.
_Fumigating Articles._
Tar, 1 barrel: crude brimstone, 60 lbs.: vinegar, 60 gallons:
fumigating lamps, 2: extra wicks, 2 boxes: oil, 4 gallons: oil of
tar, 10.
_Hospital Furniture._
Duck frocks, 10: flannel trowsers, 10 pairs: flannel waistcoats,
10: cotton hose, ——: pocket-handkerchiefs, 20: night-caps, 20:
towels, 20: sheets, 34: calico pillow-cases, 34: pewter pans, 2:
urinals, 2: spitting-pots, 2: pans and buckets, of each 2: tin
teakettles, 4: tin saucepans, of sorts, 10: tin japanned drinking
mugs, 20: knives and forks, 20 of each: water purifier, 1:
charcoal, 20 bushels: bathing tub, 1: airing stove, ventilating,
and swing, each 1: pails 4: kegs (three gallon), 28: spare
bedding, 17 sets.
_Clothing for the Use of the Convicts on their Arrival._
Yellow kersey jackets, 170: waistcoats, 170: raven duck trowsers,
170 pairs: for use during voyage, 170: shirts, 510: stockings, 340
pairs: shoes, 170: woollen caps, 170: and neck-handkerchiefs, 170.
In addition to the above, 2 cots were also supplied in case of
fractured limbs, besides a proper stock of medicines from the
Apothecaries’ Hall.
The extra articles furnished for the female convicts on board the
_Morley_ in the last voyage, and for the free women and children
embarked at the same time were as follow.
[Sidenote: _Navy Office,
Transport Department,
20th April 1820._]
A List of Stores shipped on board the Morley Convict Ship, Robert
Brown Master, for the use of 120 female convicts, passengers, and
50 children, during their voyage to New South Wales, or Van
Diemen’s Land, and of clothing for the use of the convicts upon
their arrival at the colony.
_Articles of Comfort for Use during the Voyage._
Mustard, 157 lbs.: soap, 785: combs, large and small, of each 22:
needles, 1,200: scissors, 12 pairs: moist sugar, 2,072 lbs.:
souchong, 452: preserved meats, 439 and 10 ounces: lemon juice,
252 gallons: sugar to mix with it, 1,792 lbs.: white thread, 12:
coloured thread, 12: towels, 240.
_Articles in case of Sickness._
Tea, 31 lbs.: sugar, 157: chocolate 9½: sago, 18: Scotch barley,
314: ginger, ¾: allspice, 6: black pepper, 3: red port wine, 94
bottles.
_Hospital Furniture._
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