NEW SOUTH WALES. £35 



forward and promising settlers in New South 

 Wales, have reached Norfolk Island. 



" His Excellency, from an earnest desire to 

 promote the prosperity of the island, and the 

 true happiness' df its inhabitants, has, since his 

 arrival in this country, availed himself of every 

 opportunity of forwarding for* their accommo- 

 dation a share of such little comforts, as acci- 

 dental ships may have brought hither. But 

 he is sorry to observe, that instead of those at- 

 tentions being felt as an advantage, they appear 

 only to operate as an incitement to more exten- 

 sive dealings ; a circumstance which he foresees 

 must end in the ruin of many of the settlers, for 

 whose welfare he is extremely anxious. He 

 therefore urges them not to be led away from 

 their real interest, by speculative ideas, or a 

 desire of indulging in dangerous gratifications, 

 squandering the whole produce of their hard 

 labour in trifles, or in scenes of dissipation 

 which must eventually end in their complete 

 ruin. He desires that they will persevere with 

 patience in the management of their farms and 

 the rearing of stock; and assures them, that he 

 has taken such steps as he hopes will incline the 

 Government to consider the inconveniences 

 which are sustained in this distant part of the 

 world, and induce them to adopt such measures 

 as will procure the colonists, before long, every 

 European article that they may have occasion 

 for at a very moderate expense ; and by that 

 means put an effectual stop to the impositions 

 under which the industrious settlers have too 

 long laboured." 



