43 







A. D. 1797. 



others, became prizes to the Britifli fleet. The Britiili admiral was 

 raifed to the peerage by the title of Lord Duncan of Lundie and Cam- 

 perdown, the later being the name of a Dtitch town, near which the 

 battle was fought. 



From the report of the feled committee on finance it appears, that 

 the number of convicts, fent to New South Wales and Norfolk ifland 

 from the year 1787 to 1797 inclufive, was 5,765 men and women, and 

 93 children, being in all 5,858 perfons ; and that the expenfe of tranf- 

 porting, feeding, and governing, them during that period amounted to 

 ^1,037,230, being above ;;(Ji 77 for each convid, excluiive of all ex- 

 penfes incurred on their account, before they were fhipped off from this 

 country. 



In the year 1796 the number of convids in both fettlements was as 

 -follows. 



Convicts. 



In New South Wales 7 

 31'' August 1706 J 



111 Norfolk island "22,1 7 

 October ^7Q6 . . J 



Men. 

 1,683 



37y 



2,012 



Women 



755 



IC7 



922 



Convicts 



victualed 



Men Women 



78 

 53 



131 



Convicts 

 emancipated. 

 Men ^^^omen. 



20 



12 



32 



Total. 







Men. 

 1,731 



Women, 



444 



769 



170 



ConvictSj includiiig cliildi-en, sent out in 1796 and 1797 



12| 2,1751 939 



Total 



Potal of men 

 and women, 



2,500 



614 



3,114 

 695 



3,809 



On the i" of September 1796 the cultivation and flock of the colony 

 were as follows. 



Belonsiino; to 



Government. 



Acres of land in cultivation v . . . . 1,700 



Horses and mares 14 



Bulls, cows, calves, oxen * 150 



Sheep igi 



Goats in 



Hogs 59 



Officers. 



1,172 



43 



77 



1,310 



i,i7(i 



889 



Settlers. 



2,547 







O 



30 



140 



921 



Total. 

 5,419 

 57 

 117 

 1 ,53 1 

 1,427 

 1,869 



It is evident, that as long as fuch a very great difproportion of the 

 fexes fhall continue, no lafling fyftem of colonization or beneficial ar- 

 rangements of political or domeftic economy, can be expeded to e.xifi:. 

 The feled committee exprefled themfelves very doubtful of any advantage 

 to be obtained from this efliablifhment, efpecially in any degree of pro- 

 portion to the expenfe to be at all times incurred, firfl in feeding, and 

 afterwards in protecting, a fettlement at fuch an enormous diflance f . 



Mr. Park returned from a journey performed under the aufpices of 



* Befides this ftock, 61 head of cattle were dif- f E.spericnce has proved, that the great dift- 



covered in the year 1795 about 50 miles fouth- ante has not, however, had the e.speded effefl of 



weft of the town of Sydney, the offspring of three preventing the convids from finding their way 



cows, which ftrayed from the fettlement in 1788; back to this country, and returning to their crina.- 



a great increafe in feven ycais! inal purfuits. » 



