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cropping the Ground myself there would not have been a Bushel of Grain grown in the Country: everything is now in a fourishing State; we only want Industrious Settlers who know something of Farming, and some Prisoners to assist them.
When I was first sent to take the Command of this Settlement a Paragraph in My lord Hobarts despatch to Governor King stated that I was to continue administering the Government of this Colony during His Majesty's Absence as in case of the Absence or Demise of the Governor.
I certainly should have availed myself of these words in the present Instance but doubting how far, the late circumstance which occurred at Port Jackson will be approved of; I do not conceive myself warrantable to quit this Command until I receive His Majestys Instructions on that head.
I am sorry to say that I have made no progress in collecting Plants &c this last year owing to ill health and