TO HEAR MERINO FLOCKS. 
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In 1803, Mr. M‘ Arthur revisited England; 
and there happening at the time to be a com- 
mittee of manufacturers in London from the 
clothing districts, he exhibited before them sam- 
ples of his wool, which were so much approved, 
that the committee represented to their constitu- 
ents the advantages which would result from the 
growth of fine wool, in one of the southern de- 
pendencies of the empire. In consequence of 
this a memorial was transmitted to his Majesty’s 
government, and Mr. M‘ Arthur’s plans having 
been investigated by a Privy Council, at which 
he was present, they were recommended to the 
government as worthy of its protection. With 
such encouragement Mr. M‘ Arthur purchased two 
ewes and three rams, from the Merino flock of 
his Majesty King George the Third. He embark- 
ed with them on his return to New South Wales 
in 1806, on board a vessel named by him “ the 
Argo,” in reference to the golden treasure with 
which she was freighted. On reaching the 
colony he removed his sheep to a grant of land 
which the Home Government had directed he 
should receive in the Cow Pastures. To com- 
memorate the transaction, and to transmit to a 
