Secretary’s Office Sydney
8th Novr 1814
Sir,
	I have it in Command from the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter dated the 1st Inst. and to Communicate His Excellency’s Sentiments to you thereon—
	Altho’ it was certainly under the firm assurance of your Settling in this Colony as a Schoolmaster for the Space of three years that His Excellency was induced to Order a Grant of Land to be made out for you with the usual indulgences as a Free Settler, yet as His Excellency is earnestly Solicitous to [f] promote the benevolent views of the Missionary Society, He shall have no Objection to your proceeding to New Zealand agreeably to the Instructions you have received from the Agent of the Society alluded to; and from this Consideration He will permit you to retain the Land lately located [sic] to you, on your entering into the usual engagements for the fulfilment of the Terms required of all Settlers and expressed in the Grants themselves.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your Ob[edien]t H[um]ble Serv[an]t
Jno Thos Campbell
Secy
Mr Thomas Kendall
Missionary
George Street
Parramatta