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not being paid - dissatisfied at the cutting down of rations and dissatisfied with their prospects for the future - They are disposed to take temporary work to enable them to purchase sugar &c, but they do not and apparently will not remove.  Unless some provision is made to give the willing ones a sufficient ration to induce them to work out the crop I fear it will be lost - it has already suffered.  The farm hands complain and with some show of reason that the wood & mill hands have had a great preference shown them both in rent, & payment of wages.

I have induced Mr Bartlett to go over the farms and keep things moving if possible -  What is to be done with the Rogers Seine?  Shall I make an 

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