Statistical, Historical, and Political Description

About this eBook

Author

Wentworth, W. C. (William Charles), 1790-1872

Title

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

Credits

Produced by Col Choat

Language

English

LoC Class

DU: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Oceania (South Seas)

Subject

Tasmania -- Description and travel

Category

Text

eBook-No.

15602

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15602

Release Date

April 11, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.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
3. 3.BY WILLIAM CHARLES WENTWORTH, ESQ. — A NATIVE OF THE COLONY — LONDON: PRINTED FOR G. AND W. B. WHITTAKER — 1819
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.FOREWORD
6. 6.PREFACE
7. 7.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.
8. 8.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.
9. 9.PART II. — OPERATION OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE COLONY FOR THE LAST FIFTEEN YEARS.
10. 10.PART III. — VARIOUS ALTERATIONS SUGGESTED IN THE PRESENT POLICY OF THIS COLONY.
11. 11.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.
12. 12.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 — The End

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