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T H OMA S Lord Vifeount SY D N E Y ,
ONE OF HIS MAJESTY’S MOST HONOURABLE P R IV Y COUNCIL,
CH IE F JU S T IC E IN E Y R E S O U T H OF T R E N T ,
A G O V E R N O R OF TH E C H A R T E R -H O U S E ,
AND A V IC E -P R E S ID E N T O F TH E A S Y L U M .
M Y L O R D ,
T h f . Honour .that Y o u r L o r d s h i p has done me, in
permitting this Volume to go forth into the World under
the Sanction of Y o u r N a m e , demands my warmeft Acknowledgments.
I can only wifh that the Work had
heen more worthy of its P a t r o n .
The O r i g i n a t o r of the P l a n of C o l o n i z a t i o n for
N e w S o u t h W a l e s was too confpicuous a Character to
he overlooked by the Narrator of its Rife and Progrefs.
The benevolent Mind of Y o u r L o r d s h i p led you to
conceive this Method of redeeming many Lives that might
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