NEW SOUTH WALES. 



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and the ground in cultivation, the property of 

 government and individuals, amounted to the 

 following numbers of acres only in wheat and 

 maize : 



The brig Lady Nelson, of only 60 tons bur- 

 then, commanded by Lieut. Grant, arrived 

 without her meeting with any accident, in De- 

 cember 1801. Her commander, perfectly ac- 

 quainted with her good qualities, made the 

 land in latitude 38° 00' South, coasting for 

 some distance toward the Eastward, and sailing 

 through Bass Strait, in his way to Port Jack- 

 son. 



In this passage of the Lady Nelson through 

 the Strait, nothing new was added to the disco- 

 veries previously made by Capt. Flinders and 

 Mr. Bass, in the Norfolk, except that of hav- 

 ing made the land about four degrees further to 

 the Westward than seen by those gentlemen. 



A serious accident happened by a fire, which 

 consumed a stack that contained 1000 bushels 

 of grain, the property of an individual ; and 

 though there was every reason to suspect that 

 it was occasioned by some incendiary, it could 

 not be discovered, and indeed it was very diffi- 

 cult to form an idea with any degree of ccr- 



