1790.] 



OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 



every man feemed left to brood in folitary fiience over the dreary 

 profpect before him. 



With refpecl: to the (lock, his Excellency dire&ed, that no hogs un- 

 der three months old mould be killed, nor were any to be butchered 

 without information beine fir ft given at head-quarters. 



Thofe who bred poultry were left at liberty to difpofe of it in fuch 

 manner as they thought proper ; and the Corn mi (Tar y was directed to 

 purchafe for the ufe of the hofpital fuch live ftock as the owners were 

 deiirous of felling, complying with the above regulations, and receiv- 

 ing one (hilling a pound as the price. 



On the 27th of the month, the long-expe&ed fignal not having 

 been difplayed, it became neceffary to put the colony upon a ftill 

 fhorter ration of provifions. It was a painful but a compulfatory 

 duty. The Governor direded that the provifions mould in future be 

 ferved daily ; for which purpofe the ftore was to be opened from one 

 to three in the afternoon. The ration for the week was to con- 

 mi; of 



4 pounds of flour, 



2 1 pounds of pork, and 



1 1 pound of rice ; 

 and thefe were to be iffued to every perfon in the fettlement without 

 diftin&ion ; but, as the public labour muft naturally be affecled by 

 this reduction, the working-hours were in future to be from fun-rife, 

 with a fmall interval for breakfaft, until one o'clock : the afternoons 

 were to be allowed the people to receive their provifions and work in 

 their gardens. Thefe alterations in the ration and in the hours of la- 

 bour, however, were not to commence until the firft of the following 

 month. 



At Rofe Hill fimilar regulations were made by the Governor. The 

 garden-ground was enlarged ; thofe who were in bad huts were 

 placed in better ; and every thing was faid and done that could ftimu- 

 late them to be induftrious. Still robberies were daily and nightly 

 committed. Damage was alfo received from the little ftock which 



m 2 remained 



