Moody to Carnarvon (Parliamentary Under-Secretary)

I find that the only
serious difficulty in dividing the Party into 2 Ships,
consists of having
2 surgeons, one to
each party. The Military Authorities will insist upon this.
Doubtless they will lend one—His passage out and home being
defrayed by Impl Ty chargeable eventually to the Colony. It is possible the Admiralty may be wishful of an opportunity
to send out a Surgeon to their Fleet in that part of the
world. If so, the arrangement would "fit in" without extra expense.

Perhaps you would be disposed to cause an early enquiry
to be made at the Admiralty, before I move further.