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ships, especially in whaling-vessels and in the pilot- 

 boats of Hobart Town and Sydney. But of late 

 they have become very unwilling to serve, on account 

 of the bad and humiliating treatment which they 

 have received from the Europeans. In Her Ma- 

 jesty's forces this would not be the case : on account 

 of the discipline which is kept up amongst soldiers, 

 they are great favourites with the natives. The 

 commissioner should inform them that, according 

 to the laws, they will enjoy the same civil rights as 

 British subjects, explaining to them the duties of 

 such situations, and offering his assistance in pro- 

 curing for them full participation in those rights. 



XI. I have elsewhere mentioned the changes 

 that have taken place in the physical condition 

 of the natives since they have come in contact 

 with Europeans. I have traced this effect to that 

 alteration in their mode of living which their ac- 

 quaintance with new kinds of food and clothing, 

 and their altered occupations, have occasioned. I 

 have seen many natives fall in the prime of life 

 victims to diseases which, by early attention, could 

 have been cured or averted. A surgeon was for- 

 merly employed by the Church Mission, but for the 

 last few years his duties have been discontinued. 

 The Church Missionary Society supplies medi- 

 cines to its members, and there is much willingness 

 amongst the missionaries to assist the natives. But 

 everybody knows how much mischief is done by 

 such an unprofessional system of " dispensing, 



