... Mr. Kaye, for the police boots. amounted to £l7 6s. 6d.—The Deputy-Clerk vouched for the correctness of the bill, and it was accordingly passed. —Some discussion then arose as to the manner in which the contract for police boots should in future tendered ...

... heavy sea. One of the boys got his leg jammed so tightly in the trvsail stay that we had to cut his boot off to extricate him, and another left his boots and stockings in the cabin where he was sitting when the brig grounded. We got his bag out as the tide ...