9650372
- TitleItem 2: 'Present State of His Majesty's Settlement on Norfolk Island, 18 October 1796'
- Call numberDLMSQ 522/Item 2
- Level of descriptionitem
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18 October 1796 - Type of material
- Reference code9650372
- Physical Description1 folder of textual material
- Scope and ContentCaptain Philip Gidley King's account of Norfolk Island for Lord Sydney, drafted by King, and fair-copied in an unknown hand, with corrections and annotations in King's hand. Includes agricultural, population and employment statistics, with comments on the state of agriculture and the manufacture of New Zealand flax, schools, the behaviour of the inhabitants, various needs of the island, climate, and King's plans for the improvement of the colonist's conditions.
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