TERRA AUSTRALIS. 
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Port Jackson. 
ing extract from the official returns in 1803* the fifteenth year aftei 
the establishment of the colony, will show its progiess in a moic 
ostensible manner. 
Lands employed by government, 
or granted to individuals 
Quantity cleared of wood, - 
Ditto, sown with wheat, 
Ditto, sown with barley, maize, See. 
Average produce of wheat lands 
throughout the colony, 
No. of horned cattle domesticated, 
Sheep, 
Hogs, - - - 
Horses, 
The number of wild horned cattle 
25,476 acres. 
16,624 
7,118 Lastann. increase 2,165 
5,279 
18 bushels per acre. 
2,447' last increase - 594 
11,232 - - 2,614 
7,890 - - 3, 8 73 
352 " 6 5 
vas supposed to exceed that of 
the tame, and to increase faster. 
Europeans of every description, resident in New 
South Wales, - - - - 7 A 34 ) 
Of which were victualled by government, - 3,026 
Number of inhabitants at Norfolk Island, - 1,200 
Amongst the obstacles which opposed themselves to the 
more rapid advancement of the colony, the principal were, the 
vicious propensities of a large portion of the convicts, a want ol 
more frequent communication with England, and the prohibition to 
trading with India and the western coasts of South America, in con- 
sequence of the East-India-Company’s charter. As these difficulties 
become obviated and capital increases, the progress of the colonists 
will be more rapid ; and if the resources from government be not 
withdrawn too early, there is little doubt of New South Wales 
being N one day a flourishing country, and of considerable benefit 
to the commerce and navigation of the parent state. 
Oo 
1803. 
July. 
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VOL. If. 
