[From Atholl Papers - AP X17-8]

[Report ]No 5 [by Governor Wood 6 June 1763]

My Lord

By No 4 I did myself the honor to inform your Grace that I should remitte by Chas Lace all the money that could be got; And accordingly there is herewith sente £1900 in Cast & a Bill for £100 drawn by the Lord Bishop upon Mr Blundell of Liverpool in favour of the Receiver who has Indorsed it to Mr Tarleton for uour Grace's use; So that the Remittance Amounts to £2000 British.

By this same Opportunity your Grace will Receive Five Tythe Conveyances, and I am greatly at a loss how to proceed for the future in this Affair should your Grace follow Mr Kennedys Plan & sell those Tythes subject to the Incumbrances, The Conveyances must ve varyed to that Import, And I am afraid your Grace cannot get so high a Price as 35 years Purchases; But the Great Distress of [] my Council is how to Satisfy the Many who have paid the 35 years Purchase upon an Assurance of an Exemption from all Incumbances, I shall therefore be glad to know your Graces Pleasure in this Affair.

Castletown 18^th May 1763

P.S. The disappointment your Grace may have mett with gives me great Concern, but it was Unavoidable as Captain Lace only arrived here this day; This Letter was wrote to be ready for his Call, as he often comes and goes at an hours warning; the Interim have produced £100, and one Tythe Deed more than are mentioned in the Letter, so that youir Grace will now receive six Tythe Deeds and a Remittance of Two Thousand Guineas, and am Sorry they have mett with so much delay

Castletown 6th June 1763