o n e {hillin g p e r c w t . ; and th e en tire bo a t cou ld be h ire d b y o n e p e r-
fo n fo r f ix fh illin g s . T h i s w a s a grea t a c com m od a tion to the d efcr ip-
tion o f p eop le w h om it w a s ca lcu la ted to- fe rv e , and th e p rop rietor s o f
th e boats fo u n d it v e r y p rofitab le to themfelves.
T h e b o a t-b u ild e r s and fh ipw r ig h t s fo u n d oc cu p a tion en ou gh fo r
th e ir le ifu re h o u r s , in b u ild in g b o a ts fo r tho fe w h o co u ld afford to p a y
th em fo r th e ir labour. F iv e and f ix g a llon s o f fpirits w a s th e p r ice ,
and fiv e o r fix d a y s w o u ld com p le te a boat fit to g o u p th e h a rb o u r ;
b u t m a n y o f th em w e r e v e r y b a d ly p u t to g e th e r , and threatened de-
f t r u d io n to w h o e v e r m ig h t u n fo r tu n a te ly be c a u g h t in th em w ith a
fail up in b low in g w ea th e r .
O n th e 2 4 th ten grants o f land paffed th e feal o f th e te r r ito ry , and
re c e ived th e lie u ten an t-g o v e rn o r s fign a ture . F iv e allotments o f tw e n ty -
f iv e acres each , and one o f th ir ty , w e r e g iv e n to f ix n on-comm iffion ed
officer s o f th e N e w S o u th W a le s co rp s , w h o had ch o fen an elig ib le
fttuation n e a r ly m id w a y b e tw e en S y d n e y and P a r ram a tta ; and w h o , in
c o n ju n c tio n w i th fo u r o th e r fettlers, o c cu p ied a d i f t r id to be d iftin-
g u ilh e d in fu tu r e b y th e name o f Concord. T h e fe allotments ex ten d ed
in la n d from th e w a te r ’ s fid e, w i th in tw o miles o f th e d i f t r id named
L ib e r t y Plains.
T h e fe ttle rs a t th is latter place appeared to h a v e v e r y un prod u d tive
c ro p s , h a v in g fo w n th e ir w h e a t late. T h e y w e r e , ind eed , o f o p in io n ,
th a t th e y h ad made a h a fty and bad ch o ic e o f fituation ; b u t this- w a s
n o th in g more th an the lan gu a g e o f d ifapp ointm ent, as little ju d gm e n t
co u ld b e fo rm ed o f w h a t a n y fo il in this c o u n t ry w o u ld p rod u c e un til
i t h ad be en p ro p e r ly w o rk e d , d reffed, cle an fed , and p u rged o f th a t
fo u r q u a lity th a t w a s n a tu ra lly in h e ren t in it , w h ic h it d e riv ed from
th e d ro p p in g s o f w e t from th e lea ves o f g um and o th e r trees, and
w h ic h w e r e k n ow n to be o f a n ac rid d e f t r u d iv e nature.
A n o th e r ba rrack fo r officers w a s g o t u p th is m on th at S y d n e y ; b u t,
fo r w a n t o f tiles,- w a s o n ly p a r t ly co v e red in. T h e m illw r ig h ts W i l -
k in fo n and B au gh an had g o t up the frames and ro o fs o f th e ir r e -
fp e d i v e m ill-h ou fe s , an d , w h ile w a it in g fo r th e ir b e in g tiled , w e r e
p ro c e ed in g w ith p re p a r in g the w o o d -w o rk o f th e ir mills.
T h e g re a t w a n t o f tiles th a t w a s o c c a fio n a lly fe lt, p roceed ed from
th e re b e in g o n ly on e p e rfon in th e p lace w h o w a s capable o f m ou ld in g
1 4 tiles,
tile s , and h e cou ld n e v e r b u rn more than th ir ty th ou fan d tiles in f ix
w e e k s , b e in g o b lig ed to burn a la rge q u a n tity o f br ick s in th e fame
k iln s . It req u ired near fix ty -n in e thoufand b r ick s to com ple te th e
b u ild in g o f one b a r rack , and -twenty-one th o u fan d tiles to c o v e r it in.
T h e n um b e r o f tiles rendered ufelefs b y ca r r ia g e , and d e ftro y ed in th e
k iln s , w a s eftimated at about three th o u fan d in each k iln , and fifte en
thoufand w e re g en e ra lly bu rn t o f f at a time.
T o fu rn ifh br ick s fo r thefe barracks, and o th e r b u ild in g s , th re e
gang s w e re co n ftan tly a t ,w o r k , fin d in g em p lo ym e n t fo r th re e o v e r -
feers and ab out e ig h ty c o n v id s .
T o c o n v e y thefe materials from th e b r ick fie ld to th e b a r ra c k -g ro u n d ,
a d iftance o f ab out thre e -qu arte rs o f a m ile , three b r ick -c a r ts w e r e
em p lo y e d , each d raw n b y tw e lv e m en , u n d e r th e d ir e d io n o f o n e
o ve r fe e r . S e v en hun d red tiles, o r three hun d red and fif t y b r ick s ,
w e r e b ro u g h t b y each ca r t, and e v e r y cart in th e d a y b ro u g h t e ith e r
f iv e loads o f b r ick s , o r fo u r o f tiles. T o b r in g in th e tim b e r n e ce ffa ry
fo r the fe and o th e r bu ild in g s , fo u r timbe r-carriag es w e r e em p lo y e d ,
each b e in g d raw n b y tw e n ty - fo u r men. In ad d ition to th e fe , to each
carriage w e re an n e x ed tw o fallers, and one o ve r fe e r , m a k in g a to tal
o f tw o hundred and tw e n ty -e ig h t m en , w h o m u ft be em p lo y ed in a n y
fu ch h e a v y lab ou r as th e b u ild in g o f a barrack o r a fto reh ou fe , e x c lu -
f iv e o f th e law y e r s , carpenters, fm ith s , p ain te rs , g la z ie r s , and fto n e -
m afon s , w ith o u t w h o fe labou r th e y cou ld n o t be- com p le ted .
T h e e xp en c e o f v ic tu a llin g and c lo th in g the fe p e o p le (b o th th e ir -
p ro v ifio n s and th e materials fo r m a k in g th e ir clothes b e in g au gm en ted
ab ov e th e ir p r im e co ft , b y fr e ig h t and b y th e co ft o f w h a t m ig h t b e
d amaged and ufelefs) m u ft b e fup po fed to be co n fid e ra b le ; and m u ft
be ta k en in to a c cou n t, to g e th e r w i th th e eo ft o f to o ls and o f fu ch
materials as w e r e no t to b e p rocu red in the c o u n t r y , w h e n ca lcu la tin g
th e expences o f the p u b lic w o rk s e r e d e d in this co lo n y .
T h e r e died b e tw e en th e i f t o f J a n u a ry and 3 1 f t o f D e c em b e r , b o th
in c lu fiv e , tw o fettlers, fe v en fold iers, fe v e n ty - e ig h t male c o n v id s ,
tw e n ty - f ix female c o n v id s , and tw e n ty -n in e ch ild ren . O n e male
co n v id . w a s e x e c u t e d ; f ix male c o n v id s w e r e lo ft in th e w o o d s ; one
male c o n v id w a s fo u n d dead in th e w o o d s ; on e male c o n v id w a s
k ille d b y th e fa ll o f a tre e , and tw o male c o n v id s w e r e k illed b y
v v 2 l ig h tn in g ;