252 PUBLIC KEGISTER, 1830-39. 
" 1830, Mar. 15th. Arrived, H.M.S. Sermg- 
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 of 
Pitcairn's Island to Tahiti. 
"March 6th. All the inhabitants embarked 
and sailed for Tahiti. 
" March 2lst. Soon after our arrival at Ta- 
hiti, the Pitcairn people were taken sick. 
" 1831. John Buffett and family, Eobert 
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 
frigate Bordeaux Packet, and on the 27th landed 
at Pitcairn's Island. During our absence our 
hogs have gone wild, and destroyed our crops. 
After we returned, we employed ourselves in 
destroying the hogs. 
"1838, Nov. 29th. Arrived, H.M.S. Fly, 
Captain Russell Elliott, with a present from Rev. 
Mr. Rowlandson and congregation at Valparaiso. 
Captain Elliott proposed electing a chief magis- 
trate, which was adopted ; and Edward Quintall 
was chosen. 
" This island was taken possession of by Cap- 
tain Elliott, on behalf of the Crown of Great 
Britain, on the 29th of November, 1838. 
" 1839, Nov. 9th. Arrived, H.M.S. Sparrow- 
