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 OCCUPATIONS OF A GOVERNOR. 347 Iving[*s published orders prove that there was hardly any exercise of authority which he avoided, and a few instances will give a hfe-like picture of the social condition of the colony. Writing to the iHike of Portland (1st March 1802) he described the demands upon liis time thus : — • **The most rigid et^ononij- ia observed. ., nor is there a nail issued but by my written firder, which takes up one entire day in the M'eek, nor am I less occiipieil the reumiiiiiig days in other objects of public duty : nor can tbu affairB uf this colony be transtictcd in any other manner ttban by the Governor's immediate tbrectiou and control in every and the most minute public transaction/' When soon after Hunter's departure it was ascertained that numbers of convicts, by bribes to clerks (also convicts) employed by tiie f;overnment, had fraudulently procured the alteration of the register h of their sentences^ stringent measures were taken and musters both of convicts and settlers were rigidly enforced. It was necessary even for a free labourer to carry a jmss from a magistrate. A General] I Order is worth perusal : ing grounds by grant, IcA&e, rental, or permission^ ^iW be mustered by the tTOvemort at the following times aud places, viz.: — Those in Sydney and its diatricts at (lovernment Hoiiae thercj on Tuesday monuug, the 10th instant, at eight o'cbxk. At Pai ramatta ... at Government House there * . . at eight a.m. At Hawkesbury at Government House there on A]on<lay morning, the 16tb iiif^tant, at eight o'clock Ofhcers, civil and military, holdiug ground as abovt, are directed to give an account of their fanns, stock, Ac, according to the forms left with the (iovernor'sBccrctary» the Rev. Mr. Marsden, and T- AruflelU Esq. I'bose forme are to be iiUed up previous to the day of muster at the reapective settlements where the farms uiay be placed/' In 1801 and 1802, by General Orders, limitations were imposed as to the number of assigned servants allowed, and I as to those who, when assigned, " would be victualled by the Crown/' In August 1798 Hunter had issued injunctions for due observance of the Sabbath by all in the colony; and directed the men, he mOiSt strictly looked after, and ordered to attend Divine service regularly, or they will expose them- » selves to punishment." '* As example from superiors is certainly highly effectual in all such cases,'* officers were told to send their domestics to church, and the Governor the whole body of the officers, both civil and military,", • . ** U Ansa
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