Letter from Governor Wood to the Duke of Atholl reporting on financial remittances (£1100), quarantine lifting for merchants, and a controversy over merchant John Taubman's appointment as Deemster. Wood defends his earlier recommendation of Taubman against the Duke's concerns about conflicts of interest, citing Taubman's experience and the Duke's own previous conditional approval. The letter reveals tensions between the Governor and the absent Duke over governance and appointments.