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KING TO HOBART. 289 [Enclosure No. 4]—continued. 1803. LIST of Plants, &c.—continued. 9 May. List of plants, Names of Plants. Varieties. If in Common. Remarks. vegetables and trees introducedi into the colony. Perennial, Biannual and Annual Flowers—continued. Lupins Small Blue Scarce. Yellow do do Dwarf Lychens Plentiful! Mignionette .... Upright Scarce. Riseda In Plenty. Cox Combs .... Tall Red .... Dwarf do .... do Yellow do do Love lies bleeding Pyramidical Scarce. Prince's feather..... In Common. Tennia Red Yellow do Peas Sweet Scarlet .. do Painted Lady .. do Tangier do Indian Pink Lord Anson's .. do Carthamus Fine double do Lavatra Bastard Saffron In Common. French Marygold. Red do Curled Mallow .... Scarce. Palma Christi .... do Globe Amaranthus Red In Common. White do Egg Plant Purple do Balsam White do Love Apple Fine double Scarce. Honeywort Major do Capsicum ... Long Podded do Heart do In Common. Convolvolus Nx. Heart do do Major do Minor do Hollyhock Scarlet do Bladder Ketmia Chinese do China Aster White Red do Blue do Variegated Scarce. Larkspur In Common. It does not flower Tall Rocket so well as in Dwarf do do ,3 Britain. Tobacco Branching do Virginian ... do Clammy ... do Grass, do Clover Bed Scarce White Dutch ... do Trefoil .... Yellow do Saint Foin In Common. Burnet .... do Lucern .... , etc., etc. To Cultivating in Slax Scarce. Proportion as seed Hemp .... do can be raised. do But appear to do Sugar Cine do well. do Does not succeed do in this part of Sydney, May 1803. do PHILIP GIDLEthe ColonyY KING. Cultivag. the same as Flax. Scarce 240 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF AUSTRALIA. 1803. [Enclosure No. 5.] 9 May. LIST of Seeds, Fruit and Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants Requisition for etc. that would be of Utility in the Colony of New South seeds, plants, and trees. Wales. Names of Plants. Varieties. Names of Plants. Varieties. Peaches. Royal George. Pears For Perry ... Black Worcester. Royal Charlotte. Noadals St. Germain. French Minion. Millet's do Plumbs Violet. Gallande. La Royal. Red Magdalen. Red Bonum Magaumj Noblesse. White do j Double Swalsh. Demson. Pavy Royal. Green Gage. j Mevitte. Raspberries . Cane. j Early Avant, White. Nectarines Incomparable. Twice Bearing. Roman. Antwerp. j Elruge, Grapes Sweet Water. Newington. Black Cluster. Italian. Royal Muscadine. Murray. Black Hamburgh. Temple. Claret. Apricots. Peterborough. Grizley Fontiniac. White. Muscat of Alexandria! Masculine. St. Peter. Roman. Cherries May Duke. Moor Park. Harrison's Heart Bredd. Black do. Plumbs Turkey. White do. Persian. Morello. Jean Hative. Kentish. Blue Perdigron. Graff oon. Goosberries Apples.. Orleans. Amber. Imperatrace. Long Oval Yellow Juneating. Rumbrillion. Codling. Champaigne. Winter Pearmain. Harry Green. Nonsuch. Tom of Lincoln. Golden Pippen. Chry stall. Com de Wick do. Warrington. Ribstone do. Golden drop. Golden Rennet. Currants Aston's Red. For Cyder Royal Russet. Red Dutch. Nonpariel. White do. Pomeroy Black. Stubbard. Figs Merseailes. Herefordshire Red Pears Large Blue. Strake. White. Jerseys. Brunswick. Vinings. Strawberries.. Scarlet. Early Muscat. Hautboy. Jargonelle. Alpine. Windsor. Summer Burgamot. Nutts.. Red Filberts. Grey Burree. White do. For Perry. Cressan. Cob Nut. Swans Egg. Hazel Do. Winter Boncretian. Green Sugar. Seven Elbow. Perkinsons Warden. Cadilac. KING TO HOBART. 241 [Enclosure No. 5]—continued. 1803. LIST of Seeds, Fruit and Forest Trees, &c.—continued. 9 May. Requisition for Grain and Pulse. Grain and Pulse. seeds, plants, and trees. Wheat Herefordshire White. Essex Whites. Dwarf White. Polands. " Northamptonshire Black. Red. Red. " Yellow Lammas. Common Horse. Oxfordshire Long Ticks. Rye Coned. Sword Long Pods. Summer. Common Gray. Spelt Winter. Tares Maple. Buckwheat White. Small Gray. Yellow. Summer. Lincolnshire. Winter. " Broad Coned. White. Barley Brig. Yellow. Herbs and Boots. Herbs and Roots. Forest Trees. Liquorice. Sweet Basil. Scotch Firr. Welch Onion. Angelica. Spruce Fir. Tarragon. Double Camomile. Weymouth Pine, Skirrot. Turkey Rhubarb. Ash. Spearmint. Common Ditto. FJm. Pepper Do. Tea Sage. Beech. Penny Royai. Com Sallad. Larch. Winter Savory. Black Seeded Green. Lombardy Popular. Pot Marjoram. Coss Lettus. Some English Oak. Lavender. Jenisalem Artichokes. Plants and Acorns. Rosemarry. Wormwood. SomHopse goo. d plants should also bRomae sentn bDittoy a whale. r coming here direct. Sydney, May, 1803. PHILIP GIDLEY KING. [Enclosure No. 6.] DEMAND FOR PRINTING TYPE, ETC.* Requisition ing A FOUNT of small Pica 250 lbs. Wt. Including 30 lbs. Wt. of type and Italic French Cannon Capitals. A 6, B 6, C 6, D 6, E 9, F 6, ^rniture. G 6, H 6, I 8, J 6, K 4, L 6, M 6, N 6, 0 8, P 6, Q 3, R 6, S 8, T 9, IT 6, V 4, W 6, X 4, Y 6, Z 4. Lower Case French Cannon a 18, b 10, c 15, d 15, e 24, f 18, g 12, h 18, i 18, j 10, k 10, 1 18, m 12, n 18, o 20, p 10, q 6, r 18, s 10, t 18, u 12, v 8, w 10, x 8, y 10, z 6, etc. 4. Double Pica Capitals in the same proportion as the French Cannon Capitals. Space Rules 2 lb. Brass Rules 12 Lengths. Breveer m. Flowers (for Taits) 1 lb. One Composing Stick 6 Sheeting Sticks the Composing Stick 14 ms Long Primer. 12 Bodkins. 2 Indexes. French Cannon 2 do double pica 6 Astras of each. The small Pica Fount to contain small Capitals, Metal Rules, Indexes, Astra's, Obelisks, and proper proportions of M and N SEH. I. VOL. IV—Q * Note 90. 242 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF AUSTRALIA. 1803. and Larger Quadrats—To the French Cannon 1 lb. of Spaces 1 lb. 9 May. of N Quadrats 2 lb. of M Quadrats and 6 lb. of Larger Quadrats. Requisition 4 Ships, 1 Brig, 1 Sloop, W 6 lines long Primer. 12 Orna­ for printing type and mental French Rules 10 M's Tate 6 Kings Coats of Arms 1-12 furniture. line pica and 5-6 line long pica. 6 lbs. of long primer Flowers various sizes. 10 lb. of French Cannon Quadrats, 1 lb. of N do and 1 lb. of Spaces. 10 Rheme of Printing Paper. If this comes to be expensive half each Quantity may be done with. JNO. PALMER, Commy. Approved PHILIP GIDLEY KING. GOVERNOR KING TO LORD HOBART. (Despatch per H.M.S. Glatton; acknowledged by Lord Hobart, 30th November, 1803.) My Lord, S., N. S. Wales, May 9th, 1803. Report on With this I have the Honor of transmitting the Official prisoners report of offenders tried by the Criminal Court of Judicature tried by the criminal court. between Sepr. 28th 1800 when I took the Command and the present date as above. In exercising the executive Authority, dispensing His Majesty's Mercy as delegated to His Governor of this Territory I hope it will appear, that the execution of those who have suffered, was from the most imperious necessity of Example, nor has any possible opening of mitigation or pardon Irish convicts been unnoticed.—The list of 14 Men Condemned lately to die, sentenced to was caused by one of those unhappy events that happen more or death. less on the importation of each Cargoe of Irish Convicts—The excesses those people committed, during the short time they were at large, is an earnest of what their conduct would be if not closely watched—Your Lordship will observe that only Two were executed and the rest pardoned—These wild Schemes are generally renewed by this description as often as a ship from Ireland arrives, and when checked nothing more is heard about it, 'till the next arrival; It is the people who arrive by the last Ships who make similar attempts, and not those who have been here any time. Proposed Your Lordships observation in your last respecting, " My Sug­ reforms in gestion of making an alteration in the existing mode of consti­ constitution of tuting the Criminal Court of Jurisdiction* in New South Wales criminal court. by introducing a mixture of Civil, with Military and Naval Officers, of which it is at present formed, appears to be deserving •Note 91. KING TO HOBART. 243 attention." I beg leave to intrude this subject further on your 1803. Lordship's attention as the Members of that Court not only sit 9 ^' in Judgement on the lives, but also on the personal liberty of Proposed His Majesty's Subjects—There are many respectable Gentlemen constitution of here, both as Officers of the Civil establishment and Merchants, crlmimlcour t who never have been under the Sentence of the Law—and in that case I humbly presume that Justice may be more impartialy dispenced by a Mixture of Members, than being confined to one professional Class of People which generally consists of Military Officers alone, many of whom are very young Men. I have the Honor to enclose a Correspondence on which I shall not trouble your Lordship with any other Comment than the Marginal Notes I have made except to request being informed, Trial of whether the Colonial Surgeons being on the Civil Establishment, court martial. are amenable to be tried by Court Martial for Offences which the Statute Law has provided a punishment for. I have, etc., PHILIP GIDLEY KING. [Enclosures.] [Copies of the report and correspondence* are not available.] GOVERNOR KING TO LORD HOBART. (Despatch per H.M.S. Glatton; acknowledged by Lord Hobart, 30th November, 1803.) My Lord, Sydney, New South Wales, 9th May, 1803. As an arduous, anxious, and honorable discharge of my duty, as His Majesty's Governor of this colony, has drawn on me the assassinating and dark attacks of those who dare not avow Attacks made themselves, as well as the opposition and insults I have received on ing' in discharge of my duty from those who ought to have shewn a different line of conduct, I have felt it a duty I owe to His Majesty's service, to the public, and myself, to request your Lord­ ship's attention to the different despatches I have the honor to Despatches forward by this conveyance, a list of which I have the honor totransmitted - enclose, and in elucidation my former despatches will afford proof of what my conduct has been.
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