156 ON THE HUON PINF, &c. 
Harbour took place during the time that the settlement - 
existed, there remains sufficient to supply the wHole colony 
for years to come. 1 am informed by Mr. Hoy, late master- E 
shipwright at McQuarrie Harbour, and now filling the same | 
important situation at Port Arthur, and who was the last per- 
son to leave the place, that from ten to twelve thousand tons 
might be obtained within one mile of the waterside, and a 
considerable part of that within one-half the distance. Asa 
proof of the capabilities of McQuarrie Harbour, we would 
state, that during the period (about seven years) Mr. H 
filled the situation of master-shipwright at the settlement, 
the following work was performed in the dockyard alone. 
“The brig Cyprus was rebuilt. The brigs Tamar, Isabella, 
Frederick, Adelaide, averaging about one hundred and thirty 
tons each, were built; also the barque William the Fourth of 
two hundred tons; the cutters Charlotte, Clyde, and Sham- 
rock, of about fifty tons each; the schooners Penelope, Shan 
non, Badger, Kangaroo, Biy; of about twenty-five tons 
each; twenty-two launches, of from five to ten tons each! 
— small boats. Previous to Mr. Hoy's arrival, the 
brig Derwent, schooners Sorell and Despatch, sloop Oposuum, 
lightár James Lucas, and several launches and whale-boats 
had been built. This does not include the boats for the use 
of the settlement, repairs to sundry vessels, &c. : 
* | have no doubt that, could an individual, or a company» 
obtain from Government a lease of McQuarrie Harbour, for 
a certain period, say seven years, to engage in p rin 
timber, and at the same time building a few vessels, su 
are most required in the colony, it would be found a 
lucrative undertaking. E. 
“I have been faióuted by Mr. Hoy, who, in additio n 
great experience in his profession, possessed much p 
knowledge, with the following calculation. He adds, that 
is of opinion, that twelvemonths? work, agreeably to the st 
joined calculation, could be obtained at King’s River alone 
independently of hat might be peered d up 
river : 
