54 <5 ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH COLONY 



Goats, ft - - - 1259 

 Hogs, - 4766 



Belonging to Government, in Augujl 1801. 



Sheep, - 488 



Cattle, - - - 931 



xHorfes, - - - 32 



Ground in cultivation. 



Acres of Wheat. Acres of Maize 



Government 467 300 



Individuals 4857! 35^4 



Total 53 24I 3864 



A ftack, containing 1000 bufhels of grain, the property of an in- 

 dividual, had been unfortunately deftroyed by fire. 



The Hawkefbury had again inundated the adjacent country ; and 

 many of the fettlers, who had farms on the banks, had in defpair 

 totally abandoned them. 



Lieutenant Grant, before mentioned, left Port Jackfon on his 

 return to England, in November 1801. The crops were then lux- 

 uriant, and beginning to be cut down. 



Governor King had opened a communication with Otaheite for the 

 purpofe of fupplying the colony with pork, in which he had been 

 Angularly fuccefsful ; his Majefty's armed fhip Porpoife having made 

 one trip, and the Norfolk brig having failed on the fame employ pre- 

 vious to Mr. Grant's leaving Sydney. 



The mo ft friendly underftanding exifted between the natives of 

 Otaheite and the fettlement of New South Wales. The latter country 

 was no longer in want of a Maple commodity ; the article of coals, of 

 an excellent kind, being found in abundance in Hunter's River, to- 

 gether with plenty of wood, well qualified for the mafting of nhipping. 



1 Mr. 



