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appointment .
· Fortunately, he did not have to wait very long for an official
As lo.ng .ago as February 11, 1838, an application was made
to have a Medical Officer appointed to Spri.ng Bay where there was a Police
Station, but no medical assistance within thirty mi les .
However , t!l e
request did not receive the consent of the Governor until December 17, 1838 ,
and \-las referred to the Colonial Surgeon on December 22 for his opinion;
eventually Hal l's name was approved on March 13, 1839 .
He immediately
visited Spring Bay to find accommodation and arrange the transfer of his
fami ly, but found it impossible to obtain a house or even temporary lodging
of any kind within the vicinity.
had been found.
After a month 's effort, still nothing
At this point, Grant , who wished to .
go to Launceston
\oJhere he was to be married and where later he was to become Pugh 's partner,
tendered his res.ignation to the Principal Medical Officer , who , on
April 18, 1839 , recommended that Hall be appointed to Bothwe ll where a
Government house was already provided, and that another Medical Officer
be appointed to Spring Bay.
On April 24 a Mr Crook , a newly arrived single
man from London, was appointed to Spriṇg Bay and Hall was directed to
commence duty at Bothwell on May 1, 1839, as District Assistant Surgeon
at the rate of £100. 7. 6 per year, plus 2/6 foage allowance per week.10
Hall thereby became one of thirteen Medical Officers employed by the
Convict Department ;
his fellow su.rgeons were Temporary Colonial Surgeon
R. Officer; Assistant Srgeons E.S.P. Bedford, W. Dermer , C.G. Casey, and
I. McDowell, all stationed in Hobart Town; and District Assistant Surgeons
I.F. Sharland , F.G. Park , C.F. Storey, T. Creighton, H. Thomas, M. Walsh
and K. McLeay. Their salaries ranged from Colonial Surgeon 31 . 17. 6
to £278. 2. 6; £182 . 10. 0; £1 62. 17. 6; £136 . 17 . 6 and £100. 7. 6
according to their qualifications , experience an good fortune.
and untried, was placed on the lowest scale. ll
On July 12, 1839 , the True Colonist advertised:
Hall, new
To Let
at Brighton
a ten-acre allotment with neat, stone cottage and convenient outbuildings
thereon. The whole is in cultivation and has recently been fenced
with six foot paling in the most substantial manner . The garden
of / 4 of an acre has been made on the most scientific principle,
hav1 . ng been trenched three foot deep etc . and is well stocked with
choice fruit trees, shrubs, flowers etc. To a respectab le tenant
the rent will be moderate but security wi ll be required .
App ly to Mr Stace, Postmas ter, or E.S. Hall Esq., Dis. Assis.
Surgeon, Bothwell.
June 25th, 1839.
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10 cso 5/165/3919
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