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least 30 spear wounds in it. At .the end of this 

 month, the corn was all housed in at Paramatta, 

 and as the ground became clear, the convicts 

 were detected, bringing in the corn .they had 

 before stolen and secreted in the woods, and all 

 such detected, were sent to the new grounds. 

 The employ about this time was building brick 

 huts in the room of those first made, which 

 being formed of perishable materials, were 

 nearly destroyed. 



The following lists of articles and prices, in 

 the infantine country of New South Wales, in 

 May 1792, may at some future time, if not at 

 present, be deemed an object of curiosity. 



AT SYDNEY. 

 Flour from 6d. to Is. per lb. 

 Maize from 12s. 6d. to 15s. 



per bushel, 

 Hens, laying ones, from 7s. 



to 10s. eack. 

 .Cocks from 4s. to 7s. each. 

 Chickens from 2s. 6d. to 



3s. 6d. each. 

 Young ditto Is. each. 

 Eggs 3d. each. 

 Fresh Pork Is. per lb. 

 Potatoes 3d. per lb. 

 Cabbages Id. each. 

 Greens foL-per doz. 

 Sows in^pig from 4l. 10s. to 



61. 6$i each. 

 Sows 31. to 41. 4s. 

 Growing Pigs 11. to 21. 10s. 

 ■ each. 

 Sucking ditto 10s. each. 



AT PARAMATTA. 



Flour Is. per lb. 



Maize from lis. to 13s. per 

 bushel. 



Hens, laying ones, from 7s. 6d, 

 to 10s. each. 



Cocks 4s. 6d. to 5s. each. 



Chickens 3s. each. 



Eggs 3d. each. 



Fresh Pork Is. Id. to Is. 3d. 

 per lb. 



Salt ditto from lOd. to Is. 

 per lb. 



Potatoes 3d. and 4d. per lb. 



Cabbages 10s. per 100. 



Tea 16s. toll. Is. per lb. 



Coffee 2s. to 3s. per lb. 



Moist Sugar 2s. to 2s. 6d. per 

 lb. 



Tobacco grown in the coun- 

 try from Is, 6d. to 2s. per lb. 



