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illnefs, the mafter was directed by the Governor to take charge of the 

 veffel until Mr. Ball mould be able to refume the command. 



On the 2 2d, the man employed to {hoot for the Governor expired 

 of the wound that he had received from the native. On opening the 

 body, the fpear appeared to have wounded the left lobe of the lungs, 

 which was found adhering to the fide. In the cavity were difcovered 

 fome of the pieces of {lone and ihells with which the weapon had 

 been armed. This man had been fufpected of having wantonly killed 

 or wounded feveral of the natives in the courfe of his excursions after 

 game ; but he Readily denied, from the time when he was brought 

 in, to his laft moment of life, having ever fired at them but once, and 

 then merely in defence of his own life. 



At Rofe Hill, great progrefs was made in the building of the new 

 barrack?. 



At Sydney, the public works in hand were, building the new flore- 

 hcufe, and two brick houfes, one. for the clergyman, and the other 

 for the furveyor-general. 



The mader of the Dutch fnow having received inflrucYions from 

 his owner, the Sabandhaar at Batavia, to offer the veffel to the Go- 

 vernor, either for fale or for hire, after {he fhould be cleared of her 

 cargo, mentioned the circumftance to his Excellency, and propofed 

 to him to fell the veffel, with all her furniture and provifions, for the 

 fum of thirty-three thoufand rix-dollars, or to let her on hire at fifteen 

 rix-dollars per ton per month ; in either of which cafes a paffage was 

 to be provided for his people to the Cape of Good Hope. The Go- 

 vernor was defirous of fending this veffel to England with the officers 

 and people of the Sirius ; but it was impoffible to clofe with either of 

 thefe offers, and he rejected them. Her mafter therefore dropped the 

 veffel down to the lower part of the harbour, faying that he fhould 

 fail immediately ; however, to try the fuccefs of other propofals, he 

 wrote to the Governor's Secretary, offering to let the veffel for the 

 voyage to England for twenty thoufand rix-dollars ; ftipulating, that 

 thirty thoufand rix-dollars fliould be paid for her in the event of her 



R 2 being 



