Letter received by Banks from William Bligh, 7 February 1807 (Series 40.071) - No. 0014

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prohibit it under certain fines and penalties, and to offer Emancipations, free Pardons, and pecuniary remuneration, to those who would give information of Persons employed in this ruinous Work;  but the effect has not yet been produced as this practice still continues in violation of every order and Vigilance of the Police.  I am aware that prohibiting the barter of Spirits will meet with the opposition of those few who have enriched themselves by it, but it will be a blessing to the Country. 

In order to secure the religious education of the Colony we are now employed building the Church at Sydney which I hope to have finished in six months.  The Church at Parramata [Parramatta] will then be our next object, which has been left in a ruinous state & without Pews.  At the Hawksbury [Hawkesbury] we have fitted turned a large building into for a church which will be fitted up while we are proceeding with the others.  Under this consideration there will be wanted