Certificate concerning the Active

	At the Request of the Revd Mr Marsden We whose names are hereunto subscribed have been on Board the Brig Active laying in this Cove after a strict and careful Survey do Report as follows
	That the Brig Active is well adapted for the purpose of taking Missionaries from hence to New Zealand and being a Strong well Built Vessel will with little occasional Repairs Caulking &c last many years to carry on the communication between this Place and the purposed Settlement at the Bay of Islands and it is also our Opinion that the Said Brig is well worth the Money given in purchase for her by Mr Marsden [f] Say fourteen Hundred Pounds.
	Given under our hands at Sydney New South Wales this 22d day of Sepr 1814
Richd Brooks
Agent for the Underwriters
Master of Ship Seringapatam	 E. Bunker
Master of the Ship Active		 T. Hansen