[Gutenberg 15602] • Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land / With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America by Wentworth, W.C. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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STATISTICAL, HISTORICAL, AND POLITICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COLONY

NEW SOUTH WALES,

AND

ITS DEPENDENT SETTLEMENTS

VAN DIEMEN'S LAND:

WITH A PARTICULAR ENUMERATION OF THE ADVANTAGES WHICH THESE COLONIES OFFER FOR EMIGRATION, AND THEIR SUPERIORITY IN MANY RESPECTS OVER THOSE POSSESSED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A NATIVE OF THE COLONY LONDON: PRINTED FOR G. AND W. B. WHITTAKER 1819

CONTENTS FOREWORD PREFACE PART I

NEW SOUTH WALES.

STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE SETTLEMENTS IN NEW HOLLAND.

WINDSOR. LIVERPOOL. COW PASTURES. FIVE ISLANDS. COAL RIVER. COUNTRY WEST OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE. REARING OF CATTLE, ETC. PRICE OF CATTLE, ETC. PRICE OF LABOUR.

STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE SETTLEMENTS IN VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.

HOBART TOWN. PORT DALRYMPLE. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. STATE OF DEFENCE, ETC. CLIMATE, ETC. SOIL, ETC.

PART II.

OPERATION OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE COLONY FOR THE LAST FIFTEEN YEARS.

PART III.

VARIOUS ALTERATIONS SUGGESTED IN THE PRESENT POLICY OF THIS COLONY.

PART IV.

VARIOUS CHANGES PROPOSED IN THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT. On the Means of reducing the Expences of this Colony. On the Advantages which the Colony offers for Emigration.

APPENDIX.

Civil Establishment, and Public Institutions in the Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies.

Seat of Government, Sydney. Magistrates. Committee for the Orphan Fund. Committee. Marine Establishment.

Fees and Dues in the Various Offices.

Secretary's Fees. Auditor's Fees. Registrar's Fees. To be received in the Secretary's Office. Fees to the Principal Clerk On receiving Appeals. Naval Office. For Colonial Vessels King's Dues for Orphans Duties Wharfinger's Fees. Gaoler's Fees. Fees to be received by the Chief Constable Surplice Fees. Post Office Charges Toll Gates between Sydney and Parramatta:

The Colonial Garden.

Potatoes. Carrots and Parsnips Cabbages Turnips Cauliflower. Asparagus. Onions. Pease and Beans of all kinds. Cucumbers, Pumpkins, and Melons. Radishes. Lettuces and Small Sallad Grass and Clover. Spinage Brocoli, brown and white Strawberries. Raspberries Grapes. Pine Apples. Trees of all Kinds

Observations on some particular Fruit Trees.

The Orange. The Apple

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