In 1841, Lt. Charles Wilkes of the United States Exploring Expedition named it Blake Island for George Smith Blake, the officer in charge of the United States Coast Survey between 1837 and 1848.
If the gardener do not work in the garden and the product fall off, the gardener shall pay in proportion to other neighboring gardens.
If he transform waste land into arable fields and return it to its owner, the latter shall pay him for one year ten gur for ten gan.