A Statistical Account of the British Settlements in Australasia: Including the Colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land: with an Enumeration of the Advantages which They Offer to Emigrants, as Well with References to Each Other, as to the United States of America and the Canadas; and Directions and Advice to Emigrants, Volume 2Geo. B. Whittaker, 1824 - Australasia |
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Page 40
... rent of 3s . 6d . per week , or 91. 2s . per year for the mechanic's services . If the employer should prefer paying his convict labourer by the price for his work , the following is the scale re- gulated by Government , and it equally ...
... rent of 3s . 6d . per week , or 91. 2s . per year for the mechanic's services . If the employer should prefer paying his convict labourer by the price for his work , the following is the scale re- gulated by Government , and it equally ...
Page 60
... rent , as to be himself the pro- prietor of land of the second description ; —or , when the situation of the different appropriated tracts of land does not admit of the convey- ance of their produce to market at an equal cost ; and thus ...
... rent , as to be himself the pro- prietor of land of the second description ; —or , when the situation of the different appropriated tracts of land does not admit of the convey- ance of their produce to market at an equal cost ; and thus ...
Page 145
... rent , firing , provisions , and , indeed , of all the common necessaries of life ; but because every hour unnecessarily spent there will retard the formation of that establishment for himself and his family , which will have been the ...
... rent , firing , provisions , and , indeed , of all the common necessaries of life ; but because every hour unnecessarily spent there will retard the formation of that establishment for himself and his family , which will have been the ...
Page 147
... rent , nor taxes , nor tithes , nor poor - rates to shackle his industry and neu- tralize his efforts to arrive at affluence and in- dependence , -I say , if he reflect duly on these circumstances , he will find that he has ample cause ...
... rent , nor taxes , nor tithes , nor poor - rates to shackle his industry and neu- tralize his efforts to arrive at affluence and in- dependence , -I say , if he reflect duly on these circumstances , he will find that he has ample cause ...
Page 181
... England , at a reserved rent . From a consider- ation of the present state of the labouring popu- lation of England , of pauperism , and poor's rate , I conceive a system of pauper emigration to New South SETTLEMENTS IN AUSTRALASIA . 181.
... England , at a reserved rent . From a consider- ation of the present state of the labouring popu- lation of England , of pauperism , and poor's rate , I conceive a system of pauper emigration to New South SETTLEMENTS IN AUSTRALASIA . 181.
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acres acting governor aforesaid agricultural Amount of rate annum appear appointed Australasia average Balance from last barley bushels capital cent chief justice climate clothing considerable Consumed on farm convicts crown labourers cultivation dependencies thereof Diemen's Land ditto ditto duty emigrant employ and subsist employment England erecting estimate ewes expence exported feet further enacted George Town governor or acting grant greater harbour heirs and successors hereby Hobart Town horned cattle hulks island judges Launceston letters patent Macquarie Macquarie Harbour maize Majesty Majesty's ment Norfolk Island offenders Parliament party pauper penitentiaries person or persons Port Dalrymple Port Jackson Port Macquarie produce Provided rate reduced Receipts relief rent river river Derwent settlers sheep sheriff Shingles South Wales Sundries Supreme Courts respectively Sydney tion tups United Kingdom Upper Canada Van Diemen's Land vessel wages of labour wedders wheat wool
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