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 88 DESPAXCHES FKOM ENGLAND. 1789 ^'representation of the want of proper persons to instruct the convicts in the manner of tilling the land and to super- intend their labour."* The Minister can scarcely be held personally responsible for the unhappy selection that was made^ but it is plainly to be seen that there was blundering or neglect somewhere.
 * HiBtorical Becords, toI. i, part 2, p. 261.