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 being a friend to the natives, has been appointed to reside with such of them as may please to live at Mount Eliza Bay.

3rd. That the Governor has given a boat for their use in fishing.

4th. That when they have fish to spare, Mr. Armstrong will help them to dispose of it for flour or money.

5th. That when they are sick, Mr. Armstrong will take them to the doctor to be cured.

6th. That they will be shown how to build huts for themselves.

7th. That as long as they behave well they shall not be molested by any one, whether black or white; and if they are, the Governor will take their part.

8th. That they are to employ and maintain themselves by fishing, or such other work as Mr. Armstrong may point out; and that if they do not procure enough for their own supply, they must go without.

9th. That if they like to go away from Eliza Bay, they may always do so, and come back at their pleasure: but while there they must behave well, and do as Mr. Armstrong directs them; and if they are not well conducted, Mr. Armstrong will not let them remain there.—From the W. A. Journal of Dec. 13, 1834.

About half-past seven o’clock on the evening of the 11th ult., it was reported to Mr. Norcott that one of Mr. Hall’s children, a boy, between five and six years of age, was missing, and that he had not been seen since one o’clock on that day, when his brother left him on the beach looking at some soldiers who were fishing there. The natural conclusion was, that the child had mistaken his path on returning home, and had wandered into the bush. Immediate search was made, conceiving that he could not have gone far from the settlement, and was kept up for two hours, indeed until the darkness of the night compelled the party to relinquish all hope of finding him. At four o’clock the next morning,