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of the month, which produced a faving of five hundred pounds of 

 pork at the ftore, the allowance of thirty-one men for four weeks. 



Very little labour could be expe&ed from men who had nothing to 

 eat. Neverthelefs, as it was neceffary to think of fome preparations 

 for the next feafon, the convi&s were employed in getting the ground 

 ready both at Sydney and at Rofe Hill for the reception of wheat and 

 barley. The quantity of either article, however, to be now fown, fell 

 far fhort of what their neceflities required. 



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