"His Excellency has directed the notification of Major Thomas Livingstone Mitchell's appointment to the office of Surveyor-General, in the room of John Oxley, Esq., deceased.

"It would be impossible for His Excellency, consistently with his feelings, to announce the decease of the late Surveyor-General without endeavouring to express the sense he entertains of Mr. Oxley's services, though he cannot do justice to them.

"From the nature of this colony, the office of Surveyor-General is amongst the most important under the Government; and to perform its duties in the manner Mr. Oxley has done for a long series of years is as honourable to his zeal and abilities, as it is painful to the Government to be deprived of them.

"Mr. Oxley entered the public service at an early period of life, and has filled the important situation of Surveyor-General for the last sixteen years.

"His exertions in the public service have been unwearied, as has been proved by his several expeditions to explore the interior. The public have reaped the benefit, while it is to be apprehended that the event, which they cannot fail to lament, has been accelerated by the privations and fatigue he endured during the performance of these arduous services.

"Mr. Oxley eminently assisted in unfolding the advantages of this highly-favoured country, and his name will ever be associated with the dawn of its advancement.

"It is always gratifying to the Government to record its approbation of the services of meritorious public officers, and in assigning to Mr. Oxley's name a distinguished place in that class, to which his devotion to the interests of the colony has so justly entitled him, the Governor would do honour to his memory in the same degree as it feels the loss it has sustained in his death.

"By His Excellency's command.

"ALEXANDER McLEAY."

"[GOVERNMENT ORDER.]

"Colonial Secretary's Office,

"September 17, 1829.

"His Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Reverend William Grant Broughton to be Archdeacon of New South Wales, in the room of the Reverend Thomas Hobbes Scott, whose resignation has been accepted, his Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that Archdeacon Broughton was sworn into office

yesterday as Archdeacon and Member of the Legislative Council, and took his seat accordingly.

"His Excellency the Governor directs it to be announced that the Venerable Archdeacon Broughton was yesterday sworn in as a Member of the Executive Council, and took his seat accordingly.

"By his Excellency's command.

"ALEXANDER McLEAY."

"PROCLAMATION.

"November 3, 1829.

"By His Excellency Lieutenant-General Ralph Darling, Commanding His Majesty's Forces, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief, &c. "WHEREAS, in consideration of the very serious calamity with which the colony was threatened, in consequence of the unusual and longcontinued drought, as well as the providential change which has taken place since the occurrence of the late favourable rains, it is proper that special opportunity should be afforded to the inhabitants of publicly expressing their humble thankfulness to Almighty God for this instance of His mercy:-Now I, the Governor, do hereby direct that a General Thanksgiving be observed throughout the territory of New South Wales, on Thursday, the 12th day of the present month of November, and that, for a becoming celebration of the same, a form of prayer and thanksgiving, which the Venerable the Archdeacon will be pleased to prepare, will be used on the occasion in all churches and places of religious worship belonging to the establishment, and I do further require and direct that the clergy do attend to the instructions which shall accompany the said form of prayer and thanksgiving (copies of which will be transmitted to them without delay), and that they do earnestly enforce upon their parishioners the reasonable duty of uniting in grateful acknowlegments of a blessing whereby all classes have been so signally relieved."

"PROCLAMATION.

"By His Excellency Lieutenant-General Ralph Darling, Commanding His Majesty's Forces, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief &c. "WHEREAS, by a Proclamation dated the fifteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, the Governor, in virtue of the power in him vested, appointed Port Macquarie to be one of the places to

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which offenders convicted in New South Wales and being under sentence or order of transportation, should be sent or transported :

"And whereas it is expedient that the said place of Port Macquarie should be no longer continued as a Penal Settlement, but that the same should be open for settlers and all free persons desirous of proceeding thither Now I, the Governor aforesaid, in exercise of the power and authority in me vested, do, by this my Proclamation declare that Port Macquarie is no longer considered as a Penal Settlement; and that from and after the fifteenth day of August next, all settlers and other free persons shall be at liberty to proceed thither in like manner as to any other part of the Colony.

"Given under my hand and seal, at Government House, Sydney, this thirtieth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty. "RALPH DArling.

"By His Excellency's command, "ALEXANDER McLEAY."

APPENDIX E.

"CAPTAIN LOGAN of the 57th Regiment, Commandant of Moreton Bay, had for some time been diligently employed in surveying that part of the country, and executing a chart for the public service. His labours having been nearly completed, he left the settlement on the 9th ultimo (October) to make his final survey. He was accompanied by a boat's crew and one private servant. On the morning of the fatal day, when they had reached about fifteen miles beyond the lime kilns, situated about seventy miles from the coast, a group of natives made their appearance, and manifested a very unfriendly feeling towards the party; in the afternoon, however, the Commandant ordered his horse, saying he should take a solitary ride and return to the encampment in time for dinner.

"The afternoon wore away, the darkness of night set in, but no appearance of the Commandant.”

"When reported, Captain Clunie instantly despatched several parties" in search from Brisbane. "On the fifth day, one of these parties descried a saddle hanging from a branch of a tree; the stirrup leathers of which had been cut away; it proved to be the one on which the Commandant had travelled, and on examining the earth it was observed that the saddle had been trailed along, leaving marks of its course upon the surface. These marks they proceeded to trace, and in a short time found the Captain's waistcoat much stained with blood, and his pocket compass and other instruments scattered about and much broken. Pursuing the marks, they at length came to the body of the horse, and a little further on discovered the lifeless remains of the Commandant loosely covered with leaves and earth, the feet protruding, and mangled by the native dogs. The body was inspected by Mr. Cowper, the surgeon of the settlement, who found no difficulty in proving that the act had been perpetrated by native weapons. The corpse was carried to the settlement, where an inquest was held, and the above facts proved in evidence."-From the Sydney Gazette, November 16, 1830.

"On the next day" (10th October) "upwards of two hundred blacks covered a hill close to where the party had to pass, which was on the Limestone side of the river, and began throwing and rolling down large stones on the party while passing, but no spears were thrown at this time. Captain Logan was in advance, and finding he could not proceed on account of the natives, he was obliged to fall back and wait the coming of the party. Collison, his servant, seeing what was going forward, fired a shot over their heads to frighten them.

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"This for a time had the effect, and they kept more aloof, but while the party were in the act of fording the river the blacks closed upon them again. Collison fired another shot, which again had the effect of keeping them off. The natives appeared to know Captain Logan, for as soon as he had crossed they repeatedly called 'Commidy Water,' intimating thereby, it is supposed, he should go back over the water. They followed at a distance all the day, hiding themselves occasionally behind trees and in the long grass.

"From this till Saturday, 17th" (? 16th), "when Captain Logan, saying he had accomplished all that was practicable, gave directions for the return of the party to the Limestone station, nothing of consequence transpired.

"Between eight and nine on the 17th (Sunday), Captain Logan took a path which led him in the direction of Mount Irwin, where, being desirous of obtaining some basaltic formations, he was lost sight of and his party pushed on, and encamped about four in the afternoon on the ground previously pointed out by Captain Logan. Some time after, the men thought they heard him cry 'cooey.' Several cooeyed' in return, and then waited about half-an-hour, when they thought they heard him 'cooey' again. It was answered, and four or five shots fired at intervals during the evening.

“Early on Monday, the 18th, two men were sent down the creek to follow the tracks of his horse's feet. About twelve o'clock fifty or sixty blacks appeared with spears, shields, and waddies. They hovered about the party, shouting, getting behind trees, and endeavouring to close upon them undiscovered, but no shots were fired. They continued their course, and in an hour or two went off towards Mount Irwin, which was the direction Captain Logan had taken the preceding evening."

The men came to Limestone, and on the 21st another party found "a space eaten round where the horse had been tethered. There were marks where Captain Logan had taken his horse to water, and where he had roasted chesnuts at a fire produced at the stump of a tree. No marks of struggling or other violence appearing, it was conjectured that Captain Logan had jumped on his horse barebacked and made his escape.

"The party then returned to the Limestone station without having seen a black on the whole journey.

Disappointed a second time, another party consisting of five soldiers of the 57th Regiment, and twelve prisoners, set out, and meeting with a party under Mr. Cowper, surgeon, on Wednesday, after considerable search found Captain Logan's waistcoat, covered with blood, as well as some leaves of his notebook.

"Next day Mr. Cowper discovered the horse, dead, in the bottom of a shallow creek covered with boughs.

"One broken spear only was found, and about seven or ten yards from the opposite bank Captain Logan's body was found, the back of