It may not be altogether uninteresting to those who may wish for information respecting the concerns of this settlement, to find a register of the shipping which has visited New South Wales from various parts of the globe; whereby it will be seen, that, in however insignificant or contemptible a point of view the colony may in general have been held, individuals have found in it either a port of refreshment after the fatigues of a long voyage, or an advantageous market for their speculations. The arrivals will be confined to the harbour of Port Jackson; only mentioning in this place that of the two ships _Le Boussole_ and _L'Astrolabe_, at Botany Bay, in January 1788, under the command of the ever-to-be-regretted and unfortunate M. de la Perouse, who followed in the path of our immortal circumnavigator, Captain Cook (with whose name every writer must be proud to adorn his page), and who, like him, has left his country, indeed the whole world, to lament his loss. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of Date of Whither Names-of-Ships Arrival Whence Cargo Departure bound -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1788 [* See note at end of table] His Majesty's armed 25 Jan. England 17 Apr. Batavia tender, Supply 1790 H.M. ship Sirius 26 - - 1 Oct. C of G Hope 1788 Alexander, transport 26 - - Convicts Scarborough 26 - - - Charlotte 26 - - - Lady Penrhyn 26 - - - Friendship 26 - - - Prince of Wales 26 - - - - Fishburn, store-ship 26 - - Provisions, etc Golden Grove 26 - - - Borrowdale 26 - - 1789 H.M. ship Sirius 6 May CofG Hope Lost at Norfolk Is. 1790 Lady Juliana, trans. 3 Jun. England Convicts Justinian, storeship 20 - - Provisions, etc. Surprise, transport 26 - - Convicts Neptune 28 - - - Scarborough 28 - - -