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 520 PHILLIPS STAFF. 1787 Govemor-wi-Cli^f .-^ — His Excellency Arthur Phillip. LievienantrOoveTTuyr : — Robert Ross,* Judge of the Vice-AdmiraUy Court i — Robert Robs. Chaplain: — Rev. Richard Johnson. t Judge- Advocaie : — David Collins. { Secretary to ike Governor : — David Collins. Surveyor-General: — Augustus Alt.§ Commisaary X)/ Stores and Provisions : — Andrew Milier.|| from March, 1790, to October, 1791 ; retumed to England in December, 1791, his place as commanding officer of the forces bemg taken by Major Grose of the New South Wales Corps, who arrived in February, 1792, with a commission appointing him Lieutenant-Governor of the colony. t The onl^r reference to the appointment of the chaplain, in the records, is the following letter from Sir Charles Middleton, without address or date. It was probably written to Nepean : — Bear sir,— As Mr. Wflberforoe is not in town himself, I introduce, for a few minateB* oonvevBation, Mr. Johnson, who is nominated as minister for Botany Bay. He has wttled his business with the Treasury and therefore comes to you for his appointment, and an order for a few Parish things, which are perfectlv proper and not paid for by indiriduab. He may procure them himself, and they may be broogbt into one list of neoeaaries. I am, with much regard, dear sir, Yours, &c., Chas. MiDvunos. ''The Rev. Richard Jofanmn was the first clergyman who ever landed in this colony, and by his prudence and economy ho made a large fortune, with which he was now (1800) about to return to England. Mr. Cox Purchased from this gentleman his estate, which joined the Brush Farm. t consisted of six hundred acres of land, about one hundred and fifty sheep, a mare and three fillies, and some homed cattle. This purchase increased mv ride to about twelve miles ; there was in it about two acres of vineyard, wnich, some years, bore abundantly ; and another acre covered with large orange-trees, early nectarines, peaches, and some apricots. The place was called Canterbury ; it was about five miles from Sydney." — Memoirs of Joseph Holt, vol. ii, p. 98. X Returned to England in September, 1796. § The inscription on his tombstone, in the old burial-ground at Parramatta, gives his name and services as follows : — ** Sacred to the memory of Augustus Theodore Henry Alt, Baron of Hesse Cassel, who died January 9, 1815, a^ed 84 years ; late Surveyor-General of New South Wales, at the first settbng of this colony, which situation he held till superannuated. He served in the Guards m George the Second's reign ; was Aide-de-Camp to Prince Ferdinand at the Battle of Minden (1759), and Captain in the Koyal Man- chester Volunteers at the Siege of Gibraltar under General (? Eliott, 1781), where he distinguished himself in a pliant manner. He died universally regretted by all his friends, who lost m the Baron a Most Compleat Gentle- man, and also one who never told an untruth to the injury of any man. This monument was erected by his Nephew, Matthew Bowies Alt, Lieu- tenant in his Majesty's Royal Navy, as a Tribute of Respect to the conduct of his respected uncle." II Died at sea on the voyage from Batavia to England with lieutenant King, in August, 1790.— Hunter, Journal, p. 444. Digitized by Google
 * Appointed to Norfolk Island during the absence of lieutenant King,