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down wood from 219 acres more; every settler 

 had added to his kinds, and was approaching 

 towards the station of an independant fanner; 

 the grounds of government had received no 

 addition whatever since the departure a of Go- 

 vernor Phillip, since when 157.5 acres h:x\ been 

 granted, 830 of which lay between Paramatta 

 and Sydney, the Lieutenant-Governor -wishing 

 to make a chain of farms from one settlement 

 to the other. 



On the 1st of June, the Kitty, which had un- 

 dergone considerable repairs, hauled into the 

 Cove, and would have sailed the next morning, 

 but a mutiny was discovered, which required 

 the presence of the Lieutenant-Governor and 

 the military to quell, and the next day three 

 seamen were taken from her, and replaced by 

 two convicts and a seamen. Provisions now 

 began to get very short, and a decrease in the 

 ration was become requisite, but the Lieutenant- 

 Governor wishing to retard the evil day., proposed 

 staying one more week, previous to carrying 

 into effect the deduction. On the next Mon- 

 day the Britannia returned, after an absence of 

 eight months ; at the Cape of Good Hope she 

 took on board 30 cows, 3 mares, and 12 goats, 

 with a quantity of flour, sugar, tobacco, and 

 spirits ; but though the greatest attention was 

 paid to the live stock, 29 cows and 3 goats 

 died. This afforded another instance of the 

 great difficulty in bringing live-stock to the 

 colony ; which will be still more evident by the 

 following statement : 



