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ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH COLONY [October 



ihould be defirous of accommodating them with credit, it muft be 

 wholly and abfolutely upon the ftrength of their own good faith in 

 the integrity of fuch people, and not under the idea that they could 

 arreft and imprifon them according to the forms of law ; and it was to 

 be generally underftood, that Government would by no means dif~ 

 penfe with the labour of its fervants for the accommodation of any 

 private dealings whatever. 



On the evening of the I ith, another fire happened in Sydney. A 

 row of buildings, which had been ere&ed for the nurfes, and other per« 

 fons employed about the hofpital, was fet on fire and totally confumed, 



Toward the latter end of the month the Governor vifited the fet- 

 tiers at the Hawkefbury, and made fome ufeful regulations in the 

 prices of labour. He found the farms promifmg plenty. The annexed 

 Engraving reprefents the farm of Baker ? the fuperintendant. 



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