334 ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH COLONY [September 



Gallicoes, from is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. English goods. 



ditto. Black hats, from 15s. to 2L 



Muflins, from 7s. to 12s. ditto. Shoes, from 9s. to 13s. per pair. 

 Nankeen, 10s. per piece. Cotton (lockings, from 6s. to 12s, 



Coarfe printed callicoes, il. 5s. do. Writing paper, 6s. per quire. 

 Silk handkerchiefs, 12s. ditto. 



The beer mentioned in the preceding account as being made at 

 Sydney, was brewed from India corn, properly malted, and bittered 

 with the leaves and ftalks of the love-apple, (Lycoperficum, a fpecies 

 of folanum,) or, as it was more commonly called in the fettlement, 

 the Cape goofeberry ; which was found to fucceed fo well, that a build- 

 ing proper for the bufinefs was ere&ed by an individual at a confider- 

 able expence. 



At this time the following prices were demanded and paid for 

 labour and work done at Sydney and the different fettlements, viz. 

 A carpenter, for a day's work, - £.050 



A labourer for ditto, - - 030 



For clearing an acre of ground, - 300 



For breaking up an acre of ground, - 100 



For threfhing a bufhel of wheat, - 010 



For reaping an acre of wheat, - 0100 



The price of ground was from 12s. to il. an acre. 

 For making a pair of men's fhoes, - o 3 6 



For making a pair of women's fhoes, - 030 



For making a coat, - - 060 



For making a gown, - - 050 



For warning, three-pence for each article was paid ; and the perfon 

 who warned found foap, &c. 5 if a woman was hired, me had one 

 {hilling and fix-pence for the day, and her meals. 



The want of feveral public buildings in the fettlement has already 

 been mentioned. To this want muft be added, as abfolutely neceffary 

 to the well-being and comfort of the fettlers, as well as the profperity 

 of the colony in general, that of a public ftore, to be opened on a plan, 



12 though 



