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EARLY RECORDS OF PORT PHILLIP.
Sullivan Bay, 14th November 1803.

General Orders.

Parole—Porteus.C. Sign—London.

Garrison Orders.

Detail for duty only.




Sullivan Bay, 15th November 1803.

General Orders.

Parole—Good voyage.C. Sign—Mertho.

Garrison Orders.

Detail for duty only.




Sullivan Bay, 16th November 1803.

General Orders.

Parole—Barrington.C. Sign—Durham.

A copper being erected near the watering place for the cooking provisions, and proper persons appointed to attend it; the Lieutenant-Governor prohibits the making of fires for cooking the convict's provisions, in any other part of the encampment except on the beach near the Carpenter's hut, where another copper will be put up for the accommodation of the people at that end of the encampment. The superintendents will attend to this regulation.


Garrison Orders.

The tents of the marine encampment will be struck for an hour at a (Quarter past one o'clock this day, during which time they will be swept and cleaned. This regulation will take place in future on Wednesdays and Saturdays at the above hour, if the weather permits.




16th Nov. 1803.

General After Orders.

The convicts will all assemble to-morrow at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, in front of the Encampment, when His Majesty's Commission appointing the Lt.-Governor of this settlement will be read.

After Garrison Orders.

The detachment will assemble to-morrow at eleven in the forenoon on the Parade, when His Majesty's Commission appointing the Lt.-Governor of this settlement will be read, after which the detachment will fire three vollies.