 Good servants, however, who were bent on saving, could continue to put by money in spite of all disadvantages; and a French convict, who afterwards brought land and did very well, once brought to my husband as much as thirty-eight pounds of his earnings, with the request that he would take care of the sum for him.I was glad when the Frenchman carried away his bank notes a few weeks afterwards, for in Western Australia no one feels safe with money in the house or on the person, so that cheques are given for sums as low as half a sovereign.Duperouzel named his farm Black Wattle Flats, purportedly for the "Stands of black wattle" which dominated the block previously.Aimable increased his land holdings considerably whilst he occupied the farm at Qualen.