PUBLIC REGISTER, 1823—1831. 261 
u 1823. — Arrived, ship Cyrus, of London, 
Captain Hall. John Buffett came on shore, as 
schoolmaster. John Evans also came on shore. 
" 1825, Bee. 5th.— Arrived, H.M.S. Blossom, 
Captain F. W. Beechey. 
" 1826, Bee. 19*A— Jane Quintal left us in 
the Lovely, of London, Captain Blythe. 
" 1828, Nov. 15th. — George Nobbs came on 
shore, to reside. 
" 1829, March 5th.— 
John Adams died, aged 65. 
" 1830, Mar. 15th.— Arrived, H.M.S. Sering- 
apatam, Captain Hon. W. Waldegrave, with a 
present of clothes and agricultural implements 
and tools from the British Government. 
" 1831, Feb. 28th.— Arrived, H.M. sloop Comet, 
Alexander A. Sandilands, and barque Lucy Anne, 
of Sydney, Government vessel, J. Currey, master, 
for the purpose of removing the inhabitants ot 
Pitcairn's Island to Tahiti. 
" March 6th. — All the inhabitants embarked 
and sailed for Tahiti. 
" March 21st. — Soon after our arrival at Ta- 
hiti, the Pitcairn people were taken sick. 
"1831.— John Buffett and family, Robert 
Young, Joseph Christian, &c. sailed from Tahiti, 
in a small schooner; but, owing to contrary 
winds, they landed at Lord Hood's Island. 
" June 21st. — John Buffett, and the others on 
Lord Hood's Island, embarked in the French 
