n o w h o p ed th e attendance w o u ld be fu ll w h en e v e r h e p reached there.
T h e p lace w a s conftnnfted to h o ld fiv e hund red p eop le.
I t appeared b y an eftimate w h ic h M r . J o h n fon afterwards g a v e in ,
fo r th e p u rp o fe o f b e in g re im b u r fed w h a t it had co ft h im , that the e x p
enc e o f th is b u ild in g co n fid e ra b ly ex ce ed ed his firft calculation the
w h o le am ou n t o f it b e in g 6 7 1. 12 s. 1 i f d. ; o f w h ic h M r . J oh n fon
p aid to th e d ifferent artificers h e had em p loy ed 5 9 1 . 18 s. in dollars •
tw e n ty g a llon s and a h a l f o f fp i r i t s ; one hun d red and fix te en pound s
o f flo u r ; fifty - tw o p ou n d s o f fait p ro v if io n s ; three p oun d s o f tobacco-
an d fiv e ounces o f tea. S p irits w e r e at this tim e fold in th e c o lo n y at
ten fliillin g s p e r g a llo n ; but M r . J o h n fon o bferv ed in his eftimate
that h e o n ly ch a rg ed th a t and o th e r articles at the prices w h ic h th e y
h ad a c tu a lly co ft h im . T h is ac count M r . J o h n fon requefted m ig h t be
tran fm itted to th e fe c re ta ry o f fta te , and h e ac companied it w i th a
le tte r fta tin g h is reafons fo r h a v in g u nd ertaken the build ing.
T h e B o d d in g ton s w a s cleared o f h e r ca rg o , and d ifcha rged from
G o v e rnm e n t em p lo y on th e 26 th. T h e c a rg o , w h e n land ed , was.
fo u n d m m o ft e x c e llen t co n d ition , n o t a A ng le ar ticle b e in g d am a g e d ;
fa r d ifferent from th a t re c e iv ed b y th e B e llo n a , w h e re th e ftiip w a s
ove rload ed . H a d th e B o d d in g ton s been cop pered , n o fh ip cou ld h a v e
be en b etter calculated fo r th e tran fp or t o f p ro v ifio n s to th is c o u n t r y
from a n y p a r t o f th e w o r ld . 1
A rem ark able in ftan ce o f fe c u n d ity in a female g o a t o ccurred at th e
h o u fe o f one o f th e fup erintend ants at S y d n e y . S h e p rod u c ed five-
k id s , th re e females and tw o males, all o f w h ic h d ied , (a b low w h ic h
th e an ima l re c e iv ed b r in g in g th em before th e ir time ,) e x c e p tin g th e
fir ft w h ic h w a s k id d ed , a fem a le . T h e fame g o a t in M a r ch laft,
b ro u g h t fo u r k id s th re e males and one fem a le , all o f w h ic h liv ed ,
o h e w a s a rem a rk a b ly fine creature.
M u c h ap p reh enfion w a s n o w enter tained fo r th e w h e a t* w h ic h
beg an to lo o k y e llow and p arch ed fo r w a n t o f ra in. T ow a rd th e
la tter en ^ o f the m on th , h ow e v e r , fom e rain fe ll d u r in g three day s
and n igh ts , w h ic h co n fid e ra b ly r e fre ih ed it. B u t there b e in g n o f ix ld
p e r iod at w h ic h w e t w e a th e r w a s to be e x p e d e d in th is c o u n t r y , i t
m ig h t c e r ta in ly be p ron o u n ced to o d r y fo r w h ea t.
An
A n unpleafant ac cid ent occurred at the lieu ten an t-g o v e rn o r ’ s farm.
A conv id t o f g o od charadter, w h o had the care o f th e Iheep, w a s fo u n d
dead in the w o o d s . H e had declined com in g in to his breakfa ft, and
w a s le ft ea tin g fom e bread made o f In d ian co rn and co a r fe -g rou n d
w h e a t. H is b o d y w a s opened, but n o caufe fo r his fud d en d iflo lu tion
cou ld be affigned from its appearance.
A t the Ponds, a diftridt o f fettlers in th e n e ig h b o u rh o od o f Parramatta,
J o h n R ich a rd s , in pofle ftion o f a g ran t o f th ir ty acres o f lan d ,
died o f in to x ica tio n . T h i s w a s th e firft death w h ic h h ad o ccurred
am o n g a n y o f th e p eo p le o f th a t d e fcr iption.
B y an a c cou n t tak en o f th e p ro v ifio n s rem a in in g in ftore o n 'th e 28 th
o f th e m on th , it appeared that w e h ad , (ca lcu la tin g each ar tic le at the
eftablifhed ra tion fo r tw o th o u fan d e ig h t h u n d red and fo r ty - fiv e p e r -
fo n s , th e numbers v i& u a l le d at S y d n e y and Parramatta,)
F lo u r , to laft 4 w e e k s , o r
lbs.
9 1 ,040
B e e f, - - 3 d itto , : . - o r S 9*745
P o rk , - - 1 1 ditto, o r
0
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*-o
0*
W h e a t , - - i ditto, o r 2 2 ,7 6 0
G r am and Peafe, - 8 d itto, o r 68,280
S u g a r , - - 3 d itto , o r 3,200
P a d d y , - - - 43,0 0 0
- S ep tem b e r .] U n p ro d u d tiv e as th e In d ian co rn p ro v e d w h ic h was
fow n la ft y e a r on th e p u b lic g ro u n d s , th e fettlers m u ft h a v e had a
be tte r c r o p ; fo r , a fte r r e fe rv in g a fu ffic ien cy fo r feed fo r th e en fu in g
fea fon , and fo r th e ir d omeftic purpofes, a few had raifed en o u g h to
enable th em to fe ll tw e lv e hu n d red bufliels to G o v e rnm e n t , w h o , on
re c e iv in g it in to th e p u b lic fto re s , p a id f iv e fh illin g s p e r b u lh e l to the
b ring e r. G o v e rnm e n t , h ow e v e r , w a s n o t reforted to in th e fir ft in ftance
b y th e fe ttle r, w h o p re fe r red d ifp o fin g o f h is c o rn w h e re h e
cou ld re c e iv e fpirits in, p a ym en t, (w h ic h h e re tailed fo r la b o u r ) to
b r in g in g it to th e com m ifia ry fo r f iv e fliillin g s a b u lh e l ; b u t at this
p r ic e , from w h o fe hands fo e v e r i t m ig h t com e , it w a s r e c e iv e d into
th e p u b lic fto re s .
T h e