402 ni STORY OF 



The Martha, which had been sent to Hunter 

 river for coals on her return, anchored during 

 bad weather in the North of the harbour, and was* 

 by the parting of her cable, driven on a reef 

 of rocks, where her bottom was beat out; but 

 by the assistance of the officers and crew of 

 the Buffalo, fhe was got off, and, being floated 

 with, casks, was brought to Sydney, and on 

 examination her damages were found not to be 

 so serious as expecled. 



The master stated that he had not been abso- 

 lutely in the river, but in an inlet, five leagues 

 Southward of the river, which had a small 

 island at its entrance. He was conducted by 

 the natives to a spot not far from the mouth, 

 where he found abundance of coal. 



Certificates were granted this month tcrmany 

 who had been their terms of transportation * 

 To concentrate the ftrength of the New South 

 Wales corps (which now became requisite from 

 the turbulence of the Irish prisoners), the pre- 

 sence of an officer was thought necessary at 

 the Hawkesbury. Mr. Grimes, the deputy sur- 

 veyor, was in consequence appointed to take 

 on him the office of a justice of the peace. 



In the beginning of Auguft, the Albion 

 whaler went into Broken Bay, and completed 

 her wood and water. She had obtained 600 

 barrels of oil ; but owing to the badness of 

 the weather, had not secured more than one- 

 fourth of the whales they killed. The number 

 of these fifh which they saw was reported to be 

 immense. 



