[From Atholl Papers - AP X17-13]

[Report ]No 9 [by Governor Wood 15 September 1763]

My Lord

The last Quarter's Abstract accompanys thyis which will show your Grace that Trade is not so bad as your Grace may have apprehended; But the Affair of the Seizure of the Dutch Ships for bringing Teas to this Isle is very disagreeable;I have in a private manner procurred an extract of a Letter from Rotterdam concerning the Affair which I here Inclose, as it has the Appearance of a Matter your Grace should be appized of. There are likewise two Wherrys taken laden with Goods, one out of Derbyhaven by a sloop of War and the other out of Port Iron by a Cutter.

By this opportunity your Grace will Receive a Remittance of £900 of which there is £140 10 6 British Tythe Money, which is all that we Received. The Indemnification which your Grace [] to give the Purchasers of the Tythes is now [] which I shall lay before the Council ...

Castletown 15^th September 1763