| Disgrifiad | Informs his Lordship of the safe arrival of the "Dorothy Foster". The first fleet, expected to sail from Port Rendenvous [sic.] may be delayed on account of the backwardness of the crops, particularly on the north side. The seasons continue favourable. They have lost one elderly man called Andrew who had been sitting down doing nothing for a considerable time past. Has changed the overseer at Kings Valley appointing Mr Thomas Johnstone, who is an experienced planter, a sober and prudent man and a careful manager of "negroes". The "negroes" at Kings Valley will soon run out of fish. Herrings are expensive and could be replaced by pilchards which the "negroes" like. |