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Enlarged by a fcalene building running the whole length of each
houfe, the dwellings of the principal furgeon, the fenior affiftant-
furgeon, and the deputy-furveyor; which gave an additional
accommodation o f two rooms to each houfe.
Built a military hofpital and difpenfary at Sydney, and an officer’
s guard room at the main guard.
Built ffieds for the boats belonging to government when hauled
on fhore.
Repaired a houfe for a fchool at Sydney, plaftered, white-walhed,
and coated it with lime.
Ereded houfes within the precinds- of the hofpital at Sydney,
for the nurfes and attendants while on duty.
Laid a new foundation, rebuilt part o f the walls, and completely
repaired the wet provifion ftore at Parramatta, It being in a very
ruinous condition.
Inclofed feveral flock yards for cattle, and repaired the old fheds.
at Parramatta, Toongahbe, and Portland-place. In the latter dif-
trid, the timber o f 120 acres was .cut down, and nearly half
(that of 50 acres) burnt off, a fmall townfliip marked out, and a few
huts built.
. Raifed alio a variety o f inferior buildings.
The inelofures o f the park and burial ground having been fufferecf
to go to decay, a gang o f carpenters and labourers were for a confi-
derable time employed in preparing pickers and railing, and putting
them up.
The judge-advocate’s houfe at Sydney "was enlarged and completely
repaired, feveral alterations made, and out-houfes built.
Exclufive o f ereding and repairing the foregoing public works,
fmall detachments were daily employed in preferving in good order
and condition the various buildings belonging to the crown, particularly
thofe occupied by that clafs o f inhabitants fubordinate to the
commiffioned officers. And, as thele repairs were confidered as ef-
fentially neceffary to prevent fuch buildings from going to decay,
they had been invariably attended to under Governor Hunter.
Had
Had the ftrength o f the public gangs permitted their being further
employed, it was intended to have ereded a large water-mill
at Parramatta, of which fome part of the machinery and water-works
were prepared.
A court-houfe at the fame place, and two new ftores, with a
guard-houfe at the Green Hills. The ftores were to be built o f
brick, and the guard-houfe o f weather-boards.
It was likewife intended to build a ftrong log-prifon or lock-up-
houfe at the Hawkefbury, not to be thatched as formerly, but to be
either tiled or fhingled.
In the diftrid o f Portland Place, a flock-yard, confiding o f about
30 acres, was inclofed with polls and rails. It included four chains
o f frelh-water ponds. Buildings were alfo defigned to be ereded
within i t ; and it was meant to continue clearing the ground there,
it being remarkably good, and at a convenient diftance from Parramatta.*
Another flock-yard was defigned for government, at Pendent
Hills, in Dundas diftrid; but the inclofure was not begun.
In the naval department, a veffel in frame was left on the flocks.
She was defigned to be o f about 150 or 160 tons burthen, and
capable of taking the relief o f the military to and from Norfolk-
Ifland.
A boat named the Cumberland was on the flocks, and nearly fi-
nifhed, of about 27 tons burthen, intended to be fchooner rigged and
armed, for purfuing deferters; who were, at the time when her keel
was laid, in the pradice o f carrying awa-y the boats o f the fettlement.
The lighter or hoy called the Lump, for want o fta r to pay her
bottom, was worm-eaten; but, being 'a ferviceable boat, it was intended
to repair and double her.
In addition: to thefe buildings, (which mull have contributed to
render the town of Sydney, the principal feat o f the government, a
pidurefque and pleafing objed to ftrangers, as well as tended to
the infinite accommodation o f all the inhabitants) Lieutenant Kent,
vox.. 11. s s the