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salubrity of the cellmates we might be the
happiest people on earth, while avarice and
extortions render us miserable. What must our
situation be, Sir, when the governor's salary
is but a small sum compared with what
individuals make by private trade. We have
long been anxiously expecting the arrival of
Governor King, hoping some instructions for
the better regulation of the affairs of the
settlement will be seen out by him. We
have got no public schools yet of any con
=sequence: I have made several attempts to have
one built at Parramatta, but have not yet
succeeded. The only prospect of a minister's
usefulness is in the rising generation; and before
any good can be effected amongst them, a
the school must be built for their accommodation.
The children are very numerous, but are
brought up at present in all the vices of their
abandoned parents; and many Children are
totally relinquished, and cast upon Government
for support and protection. These children
as well as the orphans, live with settlers or
others who will receive them, and Government
furnishes them with provisions. The young
girls, in particular, are all likely to be
ruined for want of proper persons to superin
=tend their education. Some measures would
probably be adopted for the relief of these
poor children if the officers thought their
present situation permanent. They all, one
after another, expect to leave the colony, and
on that account are not interested in its
future prosperity. If I once get my church

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