Parramatta April 2d 1817
Revd Sir/
	Lieut. Mr Jeffreys of the R[oyal] N[avy] and Commander of His Majesty’s Brig Kangaroo, has been so kind as to accommodate the two young men whom we have deemed it advisable to permit to visit England, with a Passage— and to enter one of them as a Boy on the Ship’s Books, which will save the Expense of his victualling— I have no doubt, should Lieut. Jeffreys return to this Colony, but he would accommodate them with a Passage to this Country again, ikf it was in his Power— I have supplied Mr J[effreys] with a Coil of Rope made from the New Zealand Flax, in order to try how it will answer; and have requested him to report his opinion to you on his arrival— there is also in Teeterree’s Box a few yards of Canvass [f] made of the same, which you will see also— I beg to refer you to Lieut. Jeffreys for any Information you may require
I have the Honor to be
Revd Sir
Your most obedient
Humble Servant
Samuel Marsden
Revd J. Pratt
Secretary to the
Church Missionary Society