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other by some person on the part of the military, 

 And the next day the troops, seamen, and con- 

 victs, being informed of the resolutions, shewed 

 their satisfaction, by passing under the colours 

 displayed on purpose. The* Supply brought 

 the Commandant of Norfolk Island, and up- 

 wards of thirty persons lately of the Sirius. 



Thus situated, the Governor called a council, 

 when the dreadful situation of the colony was 

 viewed, and it was agreed, that even the small 

 ration of provisions must be reduced to all but 

 children under 18 months. All private boats 

 were to be given up for the public use, to be 

 used in fishing, and men were to shoot for the 

 benefit of the colony. The fishing boats not 

 succeeding in the fishery at Botany Bay, were 

 sent to Sydney with considerable success, but as 

 the men employed were not found trust-worthy, 

 an officer accompanied them. On the 7th, four 

 hundred pounds weight of fish were caught 

 and issued ; but from that day, during the 

 month, so little was caught, that all the private 

 boats were returned, and the men employed in 

 them taken to the boats of government, and the 

 shooting proved ineffectual ; necessity became 

 pressing, and the colony had to deplore the 

 non-arrival of stores from England. The only 

 means left was to send Lieut. Ball, in the Supply, 

 to Batavia, to get eight months' provisions for 

 the ship, and hire another to assist in bringing 

 to the colony 



200,000lbs. of flour, 60,000lbs. of pork, 

 . 80,000lbs. of beef, 70,000lbs. of rice, 



