TO CAPTAIN JOHN NICOL. Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 30th November, 1855.

Otago Witness, Issue 211, 8 December 1855, Page 3

TO CAPTAIN JOHN NICOL. Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 30th November, 1855.

My Dear Sir, It is with great pleasure that I have to transmit to you the enclosed letter signed by the passengers per " Gil Bias," on this her second voyage from Melbourne to this port, under engagement to the Provincial Government. Again thanking you for your attention to the passengers generally, and to myself individually. I am, my dear Sir, Yours truly, WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS, Hon. Immigration Agent. Capt. John Nicol, " Gil Bias," On board the "Gil Bias," 29th November, 1855. To Captain John Nicol, Dear Sir, — We the passengers per the " Gil Bias" cannot leave the vessel which has so safely conveyed us to our destination without this expression of our satisfaction at the manner in which you have performed the onerous duties of your position, and at the same time congratulate you on the thorough good feeling which has prevailed throughout our short though trying voyage, in which we consider you to have been mainly instrumental from your invariably kind, considerate, and gentlemanly behaviour. In this our farewell, we hope to convey, however inadequately, our heartfelt wishes for the continued prosperity of one who so well merits it, and remain, sincerely and respectfully, your obedient servants, Edward V. Briscoe R. Strickland Jas. Bowman Gordon Hnglun H. Gregg David Hughan Chas. F.iulkner Hugh Gordon F. Faulkner Hugh Rowlands J. Morrison Thomas Hughan David F. Adams W. MacDougall James G. Scott Catherine Torrance George Gorlley Mary ami Hus;han Thomas Ovington Elizabeth Christie James Joyce Mary Hughan James Isteed Charlotte Miles J. Canning Caroline Miles W. J. Jarman Fanny Barrey John Maltman