NEW SOUTH WALES. Q%9 



place described, and some salt; it was the pro- 

 duce of the spray ; the sea breaking over the 

 rocky parts of the shore in bad weather, and 

 graining down behind, occasioned the quantity 

 of salt among the sand, and on the rocks.* 



The settlers, little undeserving the attention 

 they met with, were constantly laying com- 

 plaints before the Governor. A petition was 

 presented from them in April, expressive of the 

 distress tbey were under, both from the high 

 wages they gave for working their ground, and 

 the immense price paid for all articles requisite 

 to carry on business. And requested the price 

 of maize might be the same as last year. 



His Excellency knowing their distresses, and 

 as he was ever ready to listen to any reasonable 

 applications, ordered the commissary to receive 

 it at that price. But they were informed, that 

 they must expect a reduction in the price of , 

 grain of every kind to take place. 



Another evil oppressed them, which was an 

 unbounded rage for traffic Even the delivery 

 of grain into the public store houses was com- 

 pletely monopolized, and settlers had few 

 opportunities of getting any thing near the 

 value for their crops, being obliged to dispose 

 of it to those whose greater influence could get 

 it received into the public store. 



Orders had been often issued on this subject, 

 directing the storekeepers to give the preference 

 to those whose grain was the produce of their 

 own labour, and to let favour be shewn to the 



poor settler. These directions had been often frus- 

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