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TIP-A-HE OF NEW ZEALAND.

too idle and vicious to send here, and from whom no good could be got. Hence it appears as well as from his general conversation that the Emoki are made to labour by the authority of the chiefs."

King sent Tip-a-he home in the Lady Nelson, and reported that from "everything that passed during the Lady Nelson's stay it is evident that Tip-a-he is a chief of considerable authority." King hoped (26th July 1806) to call at New Zealand on his way to England in the Buffalo, and confirm the friendly relations established with Tip-a-he, so that Governor Bligh (then expected) might derive benefit therefrom.

Visitors to Sydney at the present time can scarcely picture to themselves the aspect of the shore when the Tank stream ran where Pitt-street is laid out, and a watery inlet spread widely over the space near the Sydney Exchange. In August 1803 the Governor reported that amongst other works "we have begun a strong stone bridge to facilitate the communication of the two sides of the Cove at Sydney." A "stone fort" (Fort Phillip) was commenced soon after the rebellion in 1804, and a "stone barrack" had previously been built at Castle Hill. A "stone church" was in course of erection in 1803. The enlargement of the wharf in Sydney, and the construction of the diminutive vessels, the Cumberland and others, which carried the flag of England in the Southern Seas, were duly communicated to the Secretary of State. The assessment" or Customs duty of one shilling a gallon on wine, and sixpence a gallon on wine which King imposed in order to create a "Jail Fund," yielded £3890 13s. 8d. With this he built and maintained gaols at Sydney and Parramatta, discharged other public claims, and left a balance in 1806 in the Treasurer's hands. The approval of the Secretary of State was not withheld from a singular distribution of titular honours in 1802 by Governor King in naming two parishes and churches. It was ordered that Sydney and adjacent districts should be a parish, "to be henceforth named 'Saint Phillip' in honour of the first Governor of this territory;" that Parramatta and certain districts "be henceforward named 'Saint John's,' in honour of the late Governor Captain John Hunter, and that the churches now building at Sydney and Parra-

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