Original sentence: A small printing press had been brought to Australia by Governor Phillip, and a convict named George Hughes printed on it a considerable number of orders, rules and regulations.Byrnes, 'Howe, George (1769 - 1821)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, MUP, 1966, pp 557-559.He appears to have become more prosperous, as in 1817 he was one of the original subscribers when the Bank of New South Wales was founded.He arrived at Sydney on 22 November 1800.He died on 11 May 1821 and left an estate of £400.In 1799 he was charged with shoplifting and sentenced to death, but this was commuted to seven years transportation to New South Wales.In May 1803 Governor King, in a dispatch to Lord Hobart, mentioned the establishment of the Sydney Gazette as a weekly publication—its first number had appeared on 5 March—and asked that a new fount of type should be sent to Sydney.It was then only £60 a year, and in the meantime Howe conducted the Gazette under incredible difficulties, often running out of paper and suffering much from patrons who fell behind in their subscriptions.The paper was carried on at the risk of Howe, who, though he had been pardoned in 1806, did not receive a salary as government printer until 1811
Edited sentence: A small printing press had been brought to Australia by Governor Arthur Phillip, and a convict named George Hughes used it to print a considerable number of orders, rules and regulations.He appears toow have become more prosperous, as in 1817 he was one of the original subscribers when the Bank of New South Wales was founded.Howe arrived at Sydney on 22 November 1800.Howe died on 11 May 1821 and left an estate of £400.In 1810 a lighting strike almost destroyed Howes's printing office.In March 1799 he was charged with shoplifting and sentenced to death, but this was commuted to transportation for life to New South Wales.In May 1803 Governor King, in a dispatch to Lord Hobart, mentioned the establishment of the Sydney Gazette as a weekly publication—its first number had appeared on 5 March and asked that a new fount of type should be sent to Sydney.In the meantime Howe conducted the Gazette under difficulties, often running out of paper and suffering much from patrons who fell behind in their subscriptions.The paper was carried on at the risk of Howe, who, though he had been fully emancipated in 1806, did not receive a salary as government printer until 1811 when he was granted only £60 a year