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of poor free fami lies as well as the more t>J ell-to-do.
pres.entation had ever been made before in Bothwell .
No such
The salver,
similar to the one presented to McKenzie by Hall when he was in Brighton,
was made by Barclay in Hobart Town to his own design.
In the centre of
the salver, the circumference of which was almost three feet, was a
shield supported by a kangaroo and an emu.
inscription :
1841
Underneath was the
Presented- to the Rev . James Garrett by
The Members of the Bothwell Literary Society
and
Fifty-nine other inhab itants of the District
in token
Of their gratitude for his unceasing endeavours
for seven years
To elevate he moral and intellectual character
of the Community.
A wreath of wattle in bloom, richly chased, encircled the who le :
on each of the feet was designed a pelican feeding its young ,
emblematical of the unremitting attention of the Reverend
gentleman to the advancement, moral and intellectual, of the
district .
Thanking the Public for its gift, Garrett said he was glad to hear the
committee was in possession again of its property in a building away frorr
the Police Office, and that arrangements were impending to have the boors
and other property placed in the hands of trustees to prevent any furthE.>r
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of his life .
January 1842 was a month Hall rememb ered clearly for the rest
It commenced with a census for which he was appointed to
take the count in the district of Bothwell.
rturns , all compleed in his own handwriting .
He collected forty-five
His on househo ld on
January 1, 1842, numb ered ten persons including five smal l girls all
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As the month proceeded, the hosti lities of
1841 were forgotten as a new anxiety of a more serious nature hcset the
townspeop le.
Hall in fact found his time and attentjon increasingly
occupied by demands on his medical skill.
That which De Little had
prophesied when District Assistant Surgeon at Brighton was nm a reality.
During the years 1839 to 1842, whi lst the Halls were in Both\ve 1 1, sl o'' ,
insidious changes had taken place in the state of the colony's health .
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Colonial Times, Jan . 11, 1842 .
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Census Returns 1842 Bothwell.