246 BANK PUBLIC REGISTER. 
to survey the injury alleged to be done, and 
from whose decision a reference, if necessary, 
may be made to a jury ; but the final appeal 
is to the captain of the next man-of-war 
touching at the island. 
A Bank was set on foot a few years since 
at Pitcairn. The dollars, which were not very 
numerous, were allowed to accumulate for a 
time, partly with the object of purchasing a 
vessel. But the plan did not answer ; and 
the several deposits were returned. 
THE EEGISTER OF PITCAIRN'S ISLAND, 
from 1790 to 1850, is a very interesting docu- 
ment, and will probably be of unspeakable 
value hereafter, as a record of names and 
events connected with that little world. A 
few extracts will be given. 
The first entry occurs January 23d, 1790 : 
" H.M.S. Bounty burned. Fasto, wife of 
John Williams, died. October Thursday 
Christian born." 
The annals of 1793 are of a most melan- 
choly kind, recounting the massacre of 
Fletcher Christian, John Mills, William 
Brown, John Williams, Isaac Martin; and 
