120 



British Bettle7nent 0 



Conclusion, 



From the preeeding experiments we sirtay conclude, 



1 . That iiiccolanum is not a peculiar new metal. 



2. That it is a compound of nickel, 6i per cent, of cobalt^ a 

 little iron, with a trace of arsenic. 



3. That the method proposed by Theqard to separate nickel 

 from cobalt does not succeed. 



4. That careful crystallization with sulphate of ammonia or 

 potash Is the best method of separating these two metals from 

 each other. 



. Article VL 



B.epQrt of a Select Committee of the House of Commons on 

 Transportatloji. 



(As ordered to be printed July 10, |812.) 



{Concluded from p. 51.) 



Though the religious feeHng in the colony appears to have 

 been weak, latterly the erectioii of places of worship, and the 

 establishment of clergymen, have not been neglected. Churches 

 have been built at Sydr.ey and Paramatta, and in Hawkesbury 

 the service was performed in houses appropriated to that purpose^ 

 and to each of these districts clergymen have been appointed, 

 with a sufficient provision from Government. In Governor 

 Hunter's time, the attendance of the convicts was enforced at 

 church. This compulsion appears to have beep neglected during 

 the government of Admiral Bligh ; though during the hours of 

 Divine Service all loitering was forbidden in the town of Sydney, 

 No restraint is imposed on those professing a different religion, 

 and Roman Catholic clergymen have been allowed to perforni 

 the rites of their church ; registers of baptisms, marriages^ and 

 burials, are regularly kept, and many schools have been esta-^ 

 blished. The Orphan Female School^ supported by port duties 

 and fines, Jias flourished almost from the first settlement of the 

 polony ; and a Male Orphan School, on a similar plan, has 

 lately been established; several private schools are also open, an4 

 the edujjation of youth appears by no means to be neglected, 

 though the want of proper masters has been much felt at diffe- 

 rent periods. 



Your committee have been thys particular in detailing the 

 regulations, and the natural and commercial advantages of the 

 settlement, because they strongly feel that its improvement in 

 wealthy and the means of properly employing and reforming the 



