106 HISTORY OF 



AT SYDNEY. AT PATtAMATTA, 



[Moist sugar Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d, Virginia, or Brazil, from 4s. 



per lb. - to 6s. per lb. 



Coffee 2s. to 2s. 6d. per lb. Soap from Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. 



Salt Pork 8d. to 9+ V er lb - V er lb - 



Brazil Tobacco ^3* :\o 5s. per Cheese from Is. 6d, to 2s. per 



lb.- ; lb. 



In June', the progress of the diseases abated 

 considerably, though the ration was obliged to be 

 lowered, but they were promised to be made up 

 when supplies arrived, and all were exhorted to 

 do the best they could to ensure a good stock 

 for the next season, as there was every pros- 

 pect of enough being produced then at Para- 

 matta, to last the settlement for twelve months. 

 However, on the 20th, the Atlantic store-ship 

 came into the Cove from Calcutta, with provi- 

 sions, when the following ration was issued for 

 each marine and male convict for a week, 7lbs. 

 of bread or flour, 7lbs. ditto of beef, or4lbs. of 

 pork, 3 pints of pease, -Jib. of rice, or lib. of 

 flour, and two-thirds of the above to each 

 woman. 



A market-place, with a clerk to keep ac- 

 counts, was appointed at Sydney, and at Para- 

 matta, the Clerk had likewise to see that no stolen 

 goods were bought, sold, or exchanged. The' 

 harvest being got in, the viler convicts began 

 their depreciations again, on the property of in- 

 dividuals. Thus it seems that the fear of going 

 to the new grounds, was of no great duration, 

 and though r generally speaking, detection 



