226 New South Wales. 
7th stage —Campbell River, distant from EmuFord 91 miles 
8th ditto—Bathurst, distant from ditto .. -. 1012 miles, 
«* At all of which places the traveller may assure himself of 
good grass, and water in abundance. 
“ On Thursday the 11th of May the governor and suite set 
out from Bathurst on their return, and arrived at Sydney on 
Friday the /9th ultimo. 
** The governor deems it expedient here to notify to the public, 
that he does not mean to make any grants of land to the west- 
ward of the Blue Mountains until he shall receive the commands 
of His Majesty’s ministers on that subject, and in reply to the 
report he is now about to make them upon it. 
** In the mean time, such gentlemen or other respectable free 
persons as may wish to visit this new country, will be permitted 
to do so on making a written application to the governor to that 
effect ; who will order them to be furnished with written passes. 
It is at the same time strictly ordered and directed, that no per- 
son, whether civil or military, shall attempt to travel over the 
Blue Mountains without having previously applied for and ob- 
tained permission, in the above prescribed form. The military 
guard stationed at the first depot on the mountains will receive 
full instructions to prevent the progress of any persons who shall 
not have obtained regular passes. The necessity for the ests- 
blishing and strictly enforcing this regulation is too obvious to 
every one who will reflect on it, to require any explanation here. 
** The governor cannot conclude this account of his tour, 
without offering his best acknowledgements to William Cox, esq. 
for the important service he has rendered to the colony in so 
short a period of time, by opening a passage to the new-dis- 
covered country, and at the same time assuring him, that he 
shall have great pleasure in recommending his meritorious ser- 
vices on this oceasion to the favourable consideration of His 
Majesty’s Ministers. 
«* By command of his excellency the Governor, 
‘¢ Joun THomMas CAMPBELL, Secretary.” 
M, Orfila has continued his interesting researches upon poi- 
sons. According to the second part of his work now published, 
he does not consider opium as a narcotic or a stimulant, but as 
exercising an action completely sw: generis. With respect to 
the Solanum nigrum, M.Orfila does not think it is poisonous 
at all; and adds, that the Bel/adonna must have been the dele- 
terious plant mistaken for it by authors. : 
With respect to the effects of poison from narcoties, as they 
have been called, M. Orfila observes that authors have pre- 
scribed the vegetable acids, coffee, camphor, water, chlorine, 
and 
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