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should receive corporal punishment, and have 

 short allowance of provisions for six months. 

 The ordnance of the colony was now placed 

 under the direction of Lieut. Dawes, and a re- 

 doubt was began by him. In the course of this 

 month the stock of sheep suffered much by the 

 dogs of the natives, at one part 5 6wes: and a 

 lamb, were destroyed. * 



May, like every other month in the infancy 

 of the Colony, was marked by crimes, a youth 

 of 17, James Bennett, was tried and convicted 

 for breaking open a tent, and stealing above the 

 amount of ,5s. he confessed many crimes after 

 conviction for this, and to idleness and bad 

 company attributed his ruin. With a view to 

 make a deeper impression on others, he was 

 instantly executed. On the 5th, 6th, and 7th 

 of this month a transport sailed for China. On 

 the 8th, likewise, sailed the Supply for Lord 

 Howe Island, in quest of fowl and turtle, as a 

 change of diet was thought the best means of 

 resisting the rapid progress of the scurvy. 



The Governor wishing to ascertain the state 

 of the live stock, desired a general return ; the 

 amount of which was, 



5 cows 29 sheep 18 turkies 



2 bulls 19 goats 35 ducks 

 1 stallion 25 pigs 29 geese 



3 mares 49 hogs 122 fowls 



3 colts 5 rabbits 87 chickens 



A bricklayer, being discovered among the 

 convicts, a number of men were put under him 

 to build brick hiA^ On the loth, a stone 



