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an enterprising family who had been the hardy 

 pioneers of civilization, in discovering and laying 

 open the fertile districts of this part of the continent, 

 and under whose fostering care Portland has risen 

 from a mere whaling station to its present prosperity. 

 Such being the case, it is with regret that I am 

 obliged to say that Mr. Henty received no consider- 

 ation from Government when the land was put up 

 for sale, being obliged to bid against the public for 

 ground he had brought under notice, and spent 

 years of labour in getting into cultivation.* 



37' 29",wliich is 1' 2/'' more than his chronometric measurement; 

 the mouth of the Glenelg will be lOM 3' 5 1" W. of Sydney. By 

 Mr. Tyers' triangulation, calculated by Capt. Owen Stanley from 

 Port PhiUip, Batman's HiU, with my longitude of the latter 6° 16' 

 17" W. of Sydney, the Glenelg is West of Sydney 10° 14' 02", 

 which is 57'' less than Mr. Tyers' calculation. The longitude 

 of Sydney, by different observers, ranges between 151° 12' 0" and 

 151° 17' 0"; but, as I myself believe 151° 16' to be within a 

 minute of the trnth, the Glenelg will, accordingly, by my obser- 

 vations beiu 141° 02' 09" E. and therefore withiq the New South 

 Wales territory, the limit of which it had been supposed to mark. 

 If the 141st degree had been selected as the boundary of the 

 colony, with reference to the longitude of Sydney, there would 

 not be much difficulty attending its determination. 



* The squatter, who often at great risk locates himself in a 

 remote spot, and renders such essential service to the mother 

 country by finding new lands, yea new homes, for the surplus 

 population, merits much greater encouragement than he receives, 

 particularly in instances similar to that of Mr. Henty, whose 

 station at Portland was, for years, hundreds of miles removed 

 from other occupied parts. This gentleman's case makes it clear 

 at once that something ought to be done for the squatter. His 



