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We are happy to state, that four flour mills are now in operation, and two others are now in course of erection; also, that brewing is becoming more general. And notwithstanding the scarcity of money that continues to be felt, we have ascertained that upwards of two thousand pounds are ready to be laid out in the purchase of sheep (including some already sent for), to be sent to the fine pastures on the Avon and the Hotham.
It has been ascertained that in upland, two, and in moist soils, three, crops of potatoes can be produced in the year.
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| Wm. Locke Brockman. | Thomas N. Yule. |
| E. P. Barrett Lennard. | W. B. Andrews. |
| J. W. Hardy. | Henry Bull. |
| Geo. Fletcher Moore. | Richard G. Meares, late Captain |
| William Burges. | 2nd Life Guards. |
| Michael Clarkson. | |
| Michael Clarkson. William Tanner, Honorary Secretary. | |
A few observations are suggested by this Report. The general reader’s attention is first requested to what is there said of the quality of the Live Stock already in the colony. After enumerating the particular breeds of horses, cows, and sheep, the Report adds, “It is gratifying to know that the good breeds of the stock above mentioned bear such a proportion to the inferior that have been, and may be, imported from the neighbouring colonies, that we have within ourselves the foundation for an unlimited number of first-rate horses, cattle, and sheep.”
The great importance of this circumstance, as connected with the future prosperity of the settlement, will be duly appreciated by those who have visited the Cape.[1] The colo-
