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 254 .GB08E AKD THE IiAND. ^'^ aervants.* It ia probable that ke was rewarded in both The ways. At all events^ Macarthur, as a caltiyator of the agricuV land, soon left his brother-officers far in the rear. Other tuitet. settlers received much smaller grants. The private soldiers were allowed^ as a rnle^ twenty-five acres, although under the instructions from England they were to receive eighty acres if single^ and one hundred acres if married. Some of the applicants for land probably did not care to ask for a larger area than they could conveniently manage. Nothing was said in the despatch of 14th July, 1792, con- cerning the area of land that might be granted to officers ; Conditional the only Condition laid down was that allotments were to be ''*° * made ^' not with a view to a temporary but an established settlement thereon; that is, comprehending such portions of land, and in such situations as would be suitable for a honayfide settler, should it ever come into the hands of such a person.^'t Acting on this authority, Grose granted to each officer who wished to take up land, allotments of one hundred acres, fifty acres less than the area allowed, by Phillip's Additional the reason for the appointment : — " In the course of this month [Januaijp 1793] the Lieutenant-GoYemor judeed it necessary to send an o£Boer to Parramatta whom he could entrust wiUi the direction of the conyicts employed there and at Toongahbe in cultiyation, as well as to take charge of the public grain. This business had always been executed by one of the superintendents, under the immediate inspection and orders of the G-oTemor, who latterly had dedicated the greatest part of his time and attention to these settlements. But it was attended with infinite fatigue to his Excellency ; and the bosiDeas had now grown so extensiTe that it became absolutely necessary that the person who might have the regulation of it should reside upon the spol, that he might personally enforce the execution of his orders, and be at all times ready to attend to the various applications which were constantly making from settlers." Mrs. Macarthur, in a letter dated 2l6t December, 1793, stated that her husband had been appointed to " inspect or superintend the public works. What adrantage nuiy accrue from this is at present uncer- tain, but the Major, in his despatches to Government, has strongly recom- mended them to confirm the appointment, and to annex to it such a salary as they may conceive equal to the importance of the trust." — Historical Records, Tol. ii, p. 507. In 1796, Mncarthur resigned the appoinment, beeaiae it extra work.— Hunter to Porthmd, 28 April, 1796. t Historical Becords, voL i, part 2, p. 632.
 * Historical Beoords, Tol ii, p. 226. Collins (toI i, p. 265) thus ezplAiiM
 * ' occupied the whole of his time," and he had received no allowance for the