th a t d ep en d en c y ; and as th e y w o u ld be g en e ra lly e ig h t o r ten w e e k s
la te r th an this c o lo n y in re c e iv in g th e ir fu p p lie s , b y reafon o f th e tim e
w h ic h th e {hips n e e e fla r ily requ ired to re fit a fte r com in g in from fea,
h e p urpo fed fu rn iffiin g th em w i th a p ro p o r tio n o f p rov ifion s fo r th re e
m on th s lo n g e r th an th e p ro v ifio n s in {tore at th is place w o u ld laft :
and his e x c e lle n c y to o k le a v e o f th a t fettlem ent, b y com p le tin g , as fu lly
as h e w a s ab le, this defign.
H e w a s n o w about ta k in g le a v e o f h is ow n g o v e rnm e n t. T h e accom
m od a tio n s fo r his e x c e lle n c y and th e officers w h o w e r e g o in g
h om e in the A tla n tic b e in g com p le ted , th e d e ta chm en t o f marines
u n d e r th e command o f L ie u ten an t P o u ld en embarked on th e 5 th , and
a t f ix o ’ d o c k in th e e v en in g o f M o n d a y th e 10 th G o v e rn o r P h illip
q u itted th e ch a rg e w i th w h ic h h e had been entru fted b y h is S o v e re ign ,
a n d in th e e x e cu t io n o f w h ic h h e h ad m anifefted a zeal and p e r fe -
v e ran c e th a t a lone cou ld h a v e enabled h im to fu rm o u n t th e natural
and ar tific ia l obftacles w h ic h th e c o u n t ry and its inhab itants h ad th row n
in h is w a y .
T h e c o lo n y h a d n o w b e en eftabliffied w i th in a few w e e k s o f fiv e
y e a r s ; and a r e v iew o f w h a t h ad been d one in cu ltiv a tio n un d e r his
e x c e lle n c y ’ s d ire c tion in th a t tim e can n ot m ore p ro p e r ly be in trod uced
th a n at th e clo fe o f h is g o v e rnm en t.
■ Previous to th e fa ilin g o f the B r ita n n ia o n th e 2 4 th o f laft O c to b e r ,
a n accurate Purvey o f the w h o le g ro u n d in cu ltiv a tio n , b o th on a c coun t
o f th e c r ow n , and in th e p offeffion o f ind iv id u a ls, w a s tak en b y th e
fu r v e y o r -g en e r a l, and tran fm itted to E n g lan d b y th a t {hip ; and from
th e re tu rn w h ic h h e th en made, th e fo llow in g particulars w e re e x tra
c te d a
G ro u n d
G r o u n d in cu ltiv a tio n , th e 16 th O c to b e r 1 7 9 2 .
Aeies
in
Acres*
1 màîze.
Garden
ground. cleared of
Total
number of
At Parramatta, - - i , 7i 3°8 — — 3 '<5{
At and leading to Toongabbe I7 1i I4 5M '— 696^
Total public ground, 172! 21* 819 — — IOI2j ,
Belonging to Settlers and others.
At Parramatta, -
The governor’s garden, 2 j g l 6i
Garden ground belonging to different
people, including convicts’ gardens, _ _ _ IO4 — IO4
At Parramatta, i fettler, 3 — I8 I 7 29
At Profpe£t Hill, four miles to the
weftward of Parramatta, 18 fettlers, “ I _ 84 _ _ 9SÎ
At the Ponds, two miles to the north- .
eaft of Parramatta, 16 fettlers, iof- 2h <>3 3 1 . 161 9S i
At the Northern boundary farms, two
miles from Parramatta, 5 fettlers, 3 35 2 Î I I 5 1*
A t the Field of Mars, on the north
fliore, near the entrance of the creek
leading to Parramatta, 8 fettlers,
(marines,) - 4 44 ï 2 31 8 i|
At the Eaftern farms, 12 fettlers, — — 4° l — I2i 53
On the creek leading to Parramatta, 7
fettlers, • - - - 4i _ 80I 4 22 i n f
In cultivation by the civil and military
at Sydney, - - - — - — - 62t 6i \
Total, 208*
m
24i 1 18 6? 12 1 ; IÓ2\ 1703
O f th e f ix t y - fe v e n fettlers above en umerated , o n e , James R u fe ,
w h o had a g ran t o f th ir ty acres a t Parramatta, w e n t u p on h is farm th e
la tter end o f N o v em b e r '1 7 8 9 ; but n o n e o f th e others b eg an to cu ltiva
te g round u p on th e ir o w n ac counts ear lier than th e mid d le o f J u ly
1 7 9 1 ; b u t m an y o f th em at a m u ch la te r date. T h e e ig h t marine
fettlers at thé F ie ld o f M a r s to o k p o fle ffion o f th e ir allotments at th e
b e g in n in g o f F eb ru a ry 1 7 9 2 . T h e con d ition s h e ld ou t to fettlers w e r e ,
to be v ic tu a lled and c lothed from the p u b lic fto re fo r e igh te en months
from the te rm o f th e ir b e c om in g fe t t le r s ; to be fu rn iftied w ith to o ls
an d implements o f h u fb a n d r y ; gra in to fow th e ir g rou n d s , and fu ch
s j c fto c k