the head much beaten with waddies, in a grave about two feet deep, where the blacks had buried him with his face downwards. The body was taken up, put into blankets, and by stages brought to Limestone station, and afterwards by water to the settlement.

"We will not pourtray the sufferings of his agonized widow on receipt of the fatal news.

"Captain Logan, though severely strict was, on the whole a well disposed man, a man disposed to do impartial justice."-From the Australian of November 19, 1830.

"FUNERAL OF CAPTAIN LOGAN.

"The last sad tribute was, on Tuesday afternoon, paid to the remains of this lamented and unfortunate gentleman.

"Notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather, a considerable concourse of persons was assembled to witness the sad but imposing spectacle. The procession was formed in the Barrack" (now Wynyard) "Square, from which about four o'clock they departed on this mournful journey. The procession advanced to St. James' Church where the burial service was read in a most solemn and impressive manner by the venerable the Archdeacon, after which the melancholy cavalcade continued its route to the Protestant burial-ground where a brick vault had been built, near that of Major Ovens, to receive the remains of the deceased.

"The Archdeacon, who was accompanied by the Rev. Messrs. Hill and Cowper, here performed the remainder of the service, and the coffin was deposited in the house appointed for all living, the escort advancing and discharging three rounds of musketry over the grave of their late gallant Commander."-Sydney Gazette, November 25, 1830.

"[GOVERNMENT Order.]

"Colonial Secretary's Office,

"November 17, 1830.

"His Excellency the Governor publishes, with feelings of deep concern, the following copy of a letter from Captain Clunie, conveying intelligence of the melancholy fate of Captain Logan, 57th, late Commandant at Moreton Bay, who was murdered by the natives, when completing a survey which he had commenced last year.

"It would be painful to dwell on the particulars of this distressing event. Everyone who is capable of estimating Captain Logan's character-his zeal-his chivalrous and undaunted spirit-will deplore it.

"He had held for a period of four years the command at Moreton Bay-a situation, from the character of the settlement, of the most troublesome and arduous description. He did not, however, confine

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himself to the immediate duties of his command, but had on several occasions, at great personal risk, explored the country to a considerable extent, and on one of these he discovered a river, which, in compliment to his services, was named the 'Logan,' as will be seen by the Government Order of the 16th July, 1827.

"The circumstances of Captain Logan's death prove that the ardour of his character was not to be restrained by personal considerations. His life was devoted to the public service. Professionally he possessed those qualities which distinguished the best officers; and in the conduct of an extensive public establishment, his services were highly important to the colony.

"The Governor, though he deeply regrets the occasion, is gratified in expressing his sentiments of Captain Logan's character and services. He is assured that every feeling mind will sympathise with the afflicted widow, who with her infant family, has by an act of savage barbarity, sustained a loss which cannot be repaired.

"As a tribute to this meritorious officer, His Excellency requests that the gentlemen of the Civil Service will join the military in attending the funeral, of which due notice will be given.

"By His Excellency's Command,

"ALEXANDER McLEAY."

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"Moreton Bay, November 6th, 1830.

Sir, It is with feelings of unfeigned sorrow that the duty devolves upon me of reporting to you, for the information of His Excellency the Governor, the melancholy death of Captain Logan, late Commandant of this settlement.

"The particulars relative to this unfortunate event are nearly as follows:

"On the 9th ultimo Captain Logan, accompanied by his servant and five prisoners, proceeded from Brisbane Town to the neighbourhood of Mount Irwin and the Brisbane Mountain, with a view of completing his chart of this part of the colony. It appears that when near the Pine Range the party were attacked by a large assemblage of natives, who, however, on a shot being fired, ceased to annoy them. The party then proceeded on their journey, and Captain Logan, after traversing part of the country, was on his return home, on the 17th ultimo; when not far from the foot of Mount Irwin he left the party, desiring them to proceed to a place he pointed out, and where he said he would join them in the evening. From some unfortunate misunderstanding, however, he was unable to do so, and on the 18th, the party believing he would proceed immediately to the Limestone station, took their departure, also to that place, where they arrived the following evening.

"Finding that Captain Logan was not there, as they expected, and having seen many natives on the day previous, their fears were naturally excited, and three of them immediately returned to the place where Captain Logan had left them, while the others came here to announce the distressing intelligence.

"As we naturally concluded he had fallen into the hands of the natives, and hoped he might be a prisoner and alive, parties were sent out in every direction to endeavour to meet them; while, in the meantime, his servant and party found his saddle, with the stirrups cut off as if by a native's hatchet, about ten miles from the place where Captain Logan had left them, in the direction of the Limestone station. Near to this place, also, were the marks of his horse having been tied to a tree; of his having himself slept upon some grass in a bark hut, and having apparently been roasting chestnuts, when he had made some rapid strides towards his horse, as if surprised by the natives. No further traces, however, could be discovered, and though the anxiety of his family and friends were most distressing, hopes were still entertained of his being alive till the 28th ultimo, when Mr. Cowper, whose exertions on this occasion were very great, and for which I feel much indebted, discovered the dead horse sticking in a creek, and not far from it, at the top of the bank, the body of Captain Logan, buried about a foot under ground. Near this also were found papers torn in pieces, his boots, and a part of his waistcoat, stained with blood.

"From all these circumstances it appears probable that while at the place, where he had stopped for the night, Captain Logan was suddenly surprised by the natives; that he mounted his horse without saddle or bridle, and, being unable to manage him, the horse, pursued by the natives, got into the creek, where Capain Logan, endeavouring to extricate him, was overtaken and murdered.

"Mrs. Logan having a decided objection to the remains being interred here, has requested they may be forwarded to Sydney by the 'Isabella,' while she and her family proceed by the Governor Phillip' and, it being the opinion of both the medical officers here that, in her delicate state of health, proceeding without a medical attendant would be attended with much danger, I have been induced to sanction Assistant-Surgeon Murray accompanying Mrs. Logan, as in the present healthy state of the settlement the services of one medical officer can be dispensed with for a short time.

"I have, etc.,

"The Honourable the Colonial Secretary,

"J. O. CLUNIE, "Captain 17th Regiment.

"Sydney."

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APPENDIX F.

"PROCLAMATION.

"By His Excellency Lieutenant-General Ralph Darling, Commanding His Majesty's Forces, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies, &c., &c. 'WHEREAS, by an Act of the Governor, with the advice of the Legislative Council, passed in the present year of His Majesty's reign, intituled 'An Act for the Punishment and Transportation of Offenders in New South Wales,' it is enacted, That if any offender transported to a penal settlement shall, during the time of his remaining at such penal settlement, beguilty of misbehaviour or disorderly conduct, the commandant or superintendent of such penal settlement shall be authorised to inflict or cause to be inflicted such moderate punishment as shall be allowed by public proclamation or order to be made for such purpose by the Governor.

"Now I, the Governor aforesaid, do, by this my proclamation, declare and direct that the commandants or persons in charge of the several penal settlements now established or that shall hereafter be established in this colony or its dependencies respectively, or any two or more magistrates in either of the said penal settlements, shall have full power and authority to punish or cause to be punished all offences committed by convicts while under their charge or in such penal settlements respectively, excepting mutiny, murder or attempt to murder, or other crime for the punishment of which the sentence of death is of law awarded, by solitary confinement, increased labour, working on the tread-mill, or whipping, according to the discretion of such commandant or two or more magistrates; but that no such offender shall be whipped more than three times for the same offence, nor shall a greater number of lashes than one hundred be inflicted upon any offender in one day. And I do further declare and direct that no order for increased labour or other punishment, except solitary confinement, shall be carried into effect without the consent of the medical officer of the settlement, who, should he see any reason why the punishment should not be carried into effect, will state the same to the commandant in writing; and no number of lashes beyond twentyfive shall be inflicted without the actual presence of a medical officer, who is to be answerable that no greater number of lashes shall be inflicted than the bodily strength of the offender can bear without endangering life. "Given under my hand and seal, at Government House, Sydney, this twenty-sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty. "RALPH DARLING.

"By His Excellency's Command,

"ALEXANDER McLEAY."

APPENDIX G.

"JOURNAL OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON." VOL. IV.GEOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF MElville Island and Port ESSINGTON, ON THE COBOURG PENINSULA; WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE SETTLEMENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED on the NORTH COAST OF NEW HOLLAND. COMMUNICATED BY MAJOR CAMPBELL, 57TH FOOT, FORMERLY COMMANDANT OF MELVILLE Island.

"Very little local correct information on a most interesting part of the northern coast of New Holland and its neighbouring islands, has yet been laid before the public, arising probably from the little attention that has hitherto been paid to this distant and not thoroughly explored portion of our British dominions, as well as from the few opportunities that navigators, or others, have had of minutely examining its shores or interior.

"Experimental Settlements.-Two experimental settlements were formed on the north coast of New Holland between 1824 and 1828, and subsequently abandoned. One of them was placed in Apsley Strait in 1824, the other in Raffles Bay in 1827; and the intention of their formation, with the causes which led to their being abandoned, being little known, I shall first explain these points. Previous to 1824 some masters of small trading vessels, who had been carrying on a traffic with the islands in the Indian Archipelago, found the trade thus embarked in of a description that promised a profitable market for European goods; they also observed that several articles of traffic among these islands were obtained on the northern coast of New Holland, such as bêche-demer or trepang, and pearl and tortoise shell.' They, therefore, naturally concluded that a British settlement on that coast might facilitate a commercial intercourse, not only with the islands of the Indian Archipelago, but also with the Chinese; and these observations meeting with a favourable consideration in the Colonial Department at home, and Government evincing a desire to extend our trade in the Indian seas, arrangements were entered into for carrying the views founded on them into effect. Captain Bremer, C.B., commanding H.M.S. 'Tamar,' received instructions to take charge of an expedition which would be fitted out at Sydney, to proceed with it to the north coast of New Holland, and establish a settlement on such part of that coast as he thought most likely to answer the intentions of Government. The settlement on Melville Island was the result of the formation of which I will give a short account. The materials being prepared at Sydney, Captain Bremer (afterwards Sir J. G. Bremer) sailed from Port Jackson, on August 24th, 1824, having under his command (besides his own ship) two vessels, in which were embarked two officers and fifty soldiers of the 3rd Regiment, a surgeon, two gentlemen of the Commissariat Department, and forty-five convicts,