INTRODUCTION. 



1 he important advantages, which' will conti- 

 nually result to the Mother Country, from 

 New South Wales, renders it of sufficient 

 consequence to make the slightest information 

 sought after with anxious avidity — nor is it a 

 matter of surprise. — The Climate is healthy, the 

 Soil good, and the very Bowels of the Earth is 

 fraught with inexhaustible treasures; it con- 

 tains Iron, Copper, and Coals; while the exterior 

 abounds in Wood, and the Fruits, which are vari- 

 ous, reach the summit of perfection, these ad- 

 vantages will accelerate the growing importance 

 of the Trade and Commercial Interest of the 

 Country, while Bays and Harbours offer their 

 sheltering protection to Ships. 



Yet considerable as these advantages are, they 

 are very far surpassed, by the School the English 

 Colony forms, for the Correction of those un- 

 fortunate Human Beings, who, urged by various 

 depraved motives, forfeit the protection of the 

 Laws they have failed to observe ; it is much to 

 J)e lamented, that the number of Objects thus 



