Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land eBook

William Wentworth
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 352 pages of information about Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land.

Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land eBook

William Wentworth
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 352 pages of information about Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land.
Clerk banns 0 2 0
Clerk marriage 0 3 0
Sexton marriage 0 10 6
Christenings, for registering Clerk 0 1 0
Churching, free persons only Clergyman 0 1 0
   Clerk 0 0 6
   Sexton 0 0 6
Funerals, free persons—­Clergyman 0 3 0
   Clerk 0 1 0
   Bell 0 0 6
   Grave digger 0 2 6

Post Office Charges

Every letter, English or Foreign 0 0 8
Every parcel not exceeding 20lbs. 0 1 6
Every ditto if exceeding 20lbs. 0 3 0
Every colonial letter from any part of the territory 0 0 4
Soldiers’ letters, or those addressed to their wives 0 0 1

Market Duties at Sydney.—­Grain, etc. lodged in the store to be paid for as follows; viz. wheat or barley 3d. per bushel; maize or oats 2d. per ditto; potatoes 3d. per cwt. and if not sold the same day shall pay store-room rent every succeeding market day the articles continue there, to the clerk, who is not to deliver up such articles until the same be paid.

Market and Fair Duties at Parramatta.

For each horse, mare, gelding, or foal, if sold 0 1 6 Ditto ditto, ditto, if not sold 0 0 6 For each bull, cow, ox, or calf, if sold 0 1 0 Ditto ditto, ditto, if not sold 0 0 4 Sheep, lambs, or pigs, per score, if sold 0 2 0 Ditto, ditto, ditto, if not sold 0 0 8 And any number of sheep, lambs, or pigs, under a score, for each sold 0 0 11/2 Ditto, ditto, ditto, if not sold 0 0 01/2

Ferry across the River Hawkesbury, called Nowland’s Ferry:

Tolls for each foot passenger 0 0 3
A saddle horse 0 1 6
A foal 0 0 6
A horse and chaise 0 2 6
A cart with 1 horse or two bullocks 0 2 6
A ditto with 2 horses or 3 bullocks 0 3 0
A waggon with 4 horses or 6 bullocks

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