STANLEY, Owen May 7th 1849

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H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Sydney

[C.J. Tyers, Kings Lake, Gippsland]

(A.L.S. 4pp 13cm)

Starting for next cruise. Expects to be back in Sydney Feb. or March. "The Admiralty want to know if there is any Channel by which a vessel can pass to the northward of Cape York without being seen should an establishment be formed there."

"Some change in the position of the Magnetic Axis of the needle has taken place since they left England...it will give Col. Sabine a new problem to work out."

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