PUBLIC REGISTER, 18231831. 261 
"1823. Arrived, ship Cyrus, of London, 
Captain Hall. John Buffett. came on shore, as 
schoolmaster. John Evans also came on shore. 
" 1825, Dec. 5th. Arrived, H.M.S. Blossom, 
Captain F, W. Beechey. 
" 1826, Dec. IQth. 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. Bering- 
apatam, Captain Hon. W, Waldegrave, with a 
present of clothes and agricultural implements 
and tools from the British Government. 
" 1831,1^.28^. 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 
