Account of Work done by Walter Hall 1815

February 27	 2 Axes		Settlements

	 29	2 Bolts, 1 Pot bail, 1 Handle for frying pan		Mr Wm Hall

	1 Pot mending 2 Staples, 2 Catches, 1 Pair Hinges
March 2	13 Staples							Settlement
				7 Axes, 2 Tomahawks, 6 flat Tokees, 1 Iron Band,
				3 Bolts and repairing Gun lock, in exchange for Iron,
				 Oil Cheese &c
				6 Tomahawks and 2 flat Tokees			Thos Hansen
				3 Axes		Settlements
	4			2 Flat Tokees	  Thos Hansen
			4 Axes and fork repairing		Settlements
			Steeling 3 Flat Tokees and making 1 Flat Tokee	Shunghee
	9	2 Hooks and Hinges	Mr Wm Hall
		1 Large Knife for killing Pigs	Settlements
	11	2 Pair Hinges, 3 Axes, 3 Flat Tokees	do
		134 nails	do
		100 nails	Thos Hansen
		3 Axes, and 1 Pair Hinges	Settlements
		1 Axe	Thos Hansen
	15	1 Tumbler for Pistol lock	Settlements
		3 Axes and 3 Tomahawks	do
	21	4 Axes	do
		1 do
22 7 Axes and 1 Flat Tokee, in exchange for Iron from
Wangaroa &c	do
1 Axe and Two Flat Tokees	do
	25	4 Axes and Nails for	do
27 2 Axes, 2 Bolts, 1 Pot bail, 1 Handle for frying pan
2 Staples, 2 Hooks, 1 Pair Hinges, 2 links for Chain	do [f]
April	3	1 Pair Hinges, 1 Iron hoop for Mr King	Settlements
		1 Pair of Shears	Thos Hansen
	5	9 Axes, 9 Flat Tokees, 1 Tomahawk	Settlements
		2 Iron nuts for Mill	Thos Hansen
	6	Repairing Gridiron & 4 knives	Mr Wm Hall
		6 Knives	Mr Kendall
	11	2 Axes and 2 flat Tokees	Thos Hansen
		19	18 Axes, 3 Tomahawks  	Settlements
			3 Pair Hinges, 2 Bolts, 1 lock handle & Catch	do
			Steeling 1 Axe	do Native
			5 Flat Tokees, 600 nails, 1 meat stand	do
			Repairing Mill & Two iron Wedges			do
			1 Pair large hinges
		22	1 Axe, 1 Tomahawk and 4 flat Tokeees      		Thos Hansen
	27	10 Axes, and Tomahawks, 11 Bolts	Settlement	
		19 Flat Tokees for fish	do Kurrokurro			1 Flat Tokee	Thos Hansen 
May 	1	1 Meat Stand	Mr King				
		1 Hammer	 Thos Hansen

		4 Flat Tokees & repairing 1 Broad Axe	 Settlement

		8 Axes, 4 Tomahawks, 1 Saw Box, 220 nails	 	do
		Strap for Boat and Two hinges		d0 Shunghee
9 2 Axes laid
1 Tokee		Grass Cutter
7 Flat Tokees		Thos Hansen
Repairing Kettle for		Settlement
5 Axes, 2 flat Tokees		do
6 Knives		Mr King
4 Tudelar Irons & 1 Tomahawk		Settlement
15 8 Tomahawks and laying 5 Axes		do
1 Flat Tokee		do
1 Tiller for Saw, 1 Ladle for Ship & Kettle Repair		do
	22	10 Axes, 5 Tomahawks		do
		Wire for Pans, 2 Dogs for Ship, 2 Flat Tokees		do [f]
	22	Repairing 1 Axe and 1 Chisel		Settlement
	29	10 Axes, 11 Tomahawks and 18 Flat Tokees		do
June	 9	22 Axes, 2 Flat tokees		do
	16	20 Axes, 3 pr bails, 2 Hoops, 5 Thimbles		do
		1 Boat hook, 2 Bands for mast, 4 Staples		do
		2 Boat hooks, 6 flat tokees & 2 Pistols repairing		do
	23	57 Axes, and Tomahawks & 10 flat Tokees		do
July 	 1	21 Tomahawks, 14 Axes, 3 Tokees, & two Dogs		do
	 6	4 Axes & 5 Tomahawks		do
		
Dr Sir
    The above is a Copy of Mr Kendalls return to me of work done by the Blacksmith— From 27th of Feby to 1st of July. I directed the Settlers to keep an exact Account of all the work the Smith did, for their own Justification, and the Satisfaction of the Society should they ever wish to know— There are at the Settlement to be supplied with animal Food Messrs Kendall Hall & King, with their wives & 7 Children and one Servant— The Smith has wife and Child— four Sawyers, three women and one Child— in all 25 Persons— besides the Runaway Convicts in number 6. The Smith is the principal Person for procuring by his Labor Pork, Fish Potatoes, and such things as they want from the Natives— Nothing can be done without the Smith— Provisions could not be got at Port Jackson for the Settlement, but at  very high Prices— A pious Smith, or two would be a great Blessing— The Supply of Axes, &c. sent out in the Northampton came very seasonably— as they enabled me to make presents to the Chiefs, who were just arrived, and to send presents to others, as well as to supply the Settlement— You will be kind enough to send out a good Supply of Saw Files— I mean principally pit Saw Files, and Smiths Files— and small flat Files— for the Natives—There were about three hundred large and small Axes made [f] The Smith I took over with me is not a pious man, but a very good workman— and behaves well. Should the Society meet with a pious Smith, a married man they would do well to send him— Thomas Hansen mentioned in this Return is the Son of the Master of the Active— living there and his Mother on their own Account, and these Articles paid to him are for Labor done for the Settlers— This young man has now purchased a Piece of Ground from the Head Chief, and is going to reside with him— The young man is very quiet and a good Character— his mother not so— but a quarrelsome old woman. Mr Kendall would be glad if she would leave them— I think it would be proper for the Society to have a return once at least a year of the Labor done by the Smith, and the Tools expended— as this would give an Idea how the Settlement advanced. If 100 Axes are used this year by the Natives and 200 next it will shew a greater demand in the Market.— There were about three hundred large and small Axes made in about 4 months, as appears from this return— besides Tokees &c. besides also what I sent over in the Active in May— one Smith will not be able to supply all who want Tools— The Axes you sent were very good— Iron and Steel you will not omit to forward, at all times— I have had a very great Price to pay for these— The Iron Pot [sic] were also of great Benefit— I sent some of them, over, and shall send more when the Active returns— Axes, Hoes— Files, Iron, Steel, large Fish Hooks, Spades and Shovels are the principal Articles in demand— These Articles will find their way to the remotest Parts of N. Zealand— where the Settlers are fixed is the most eligible Situation in all that Land, that I saw or could hear of for an easy Communication with the interior and other Parts of the Coast— and will be the grand Mart of that Country.
I am
Dr Sir
Yours sincerely
Saml Marsden
Revd J. Pratt
&c  &c &c
Parramatta
Octr 26
1815