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Cedar--growing at Hawkesbury, not to be cut down or removed without
permission, under the penalty of confiscation, with that also of the
boat or cart removing it, to public use.
Centinels--to oblige every person (except an officer) to advance,
when challenged, and to confine every person who presumes to answer
"Officer," without authority; and when stores, &c. are to be placed
in the charge of a centinel, application must be made to the
sergeant of the guard, from whom he is to receive instructions,
otherwise the centinel not to be accountable.
Certificates.--No person to be employed unless he produces his
certificate, if a freeman, or his ticket of leave, if a prisoner,
under the penalty that his employer pays five pounds, and
half-a-crown for each day the man has been employed; and should he
prove to be a prisoner, without permission, the sum of twenty
pounds, and half-a-crown a day to Orphans. Certificates will not be
granted to persons about to leave the colony, unless their names be
published one week previous to their leaving the Cove.
Coals (Newcastle) and Timber--the exclusive property of the crown.
Coals prohibited to be worked by individuals, but to be procured by
government at ten shillings per ton, and cedar at three halfpence
per superficial foot, exclusive of other duties and fines; viz.
License 2s. clearance 1s. harbor-dues at Sydney at established
rates, entrance in and clearance from the river 2s. entrance at
Sydney 1s. King's dues for Orphans: coals for home consumption, or
for exportation, 2s. 6d. per ton; timber for home consumption 3l.
per 1000 square feet, ditto for exportation 4l. per ditto; metage
per ton on coals 2s.; measure of timber per 1000 feet 2s. No vessel
to go to Hunter's River without a specific license; and the masters
to enter into recognizances, themselves in 50l. and two sureties in
25l. each, to abide by the following regulations; viz. To take a
regular clearance; to observe the orders of the officer in command;
not to interfere with people at public labor; not to be riotous or
troublesome; not to land until permission be obtained; to use
baskets which will contain one hundred weight of coals; to make
daily returns to the commandant of the quantity of coals and timber
taken in; to give two days notice of departure to the officer in
command, and receive his certificate and letters; not to sail
between dusk and daylight; to land at the place directed, only; to
employ no prisoner without permission, and to pay 3s. 6d. per day
for the ration of each permitted to be employed; to give no strong
liquors to any prisoner; not to land any spirits without permit;
likewise to enter into further recognizances, the master in 100l.
and two sureties in 50l. each, to take no person on board without
sufficient authority.
Colonial Vessels--to be registered, and pay fees to Orphans: for
register, ten shillings; for permission to go to Botany Bay or
Hawkesbury, two shillings; for re-entry, two shillings; and, to go
beyond Broken or Botany Bay, five shillings, and the same at
re-entry. Colonial vessels clearing for or from any dependent
settlement, prohibited taking any person on board, unless
authorized, under the penalty of forfeiting bond and recognizances;
nor is any colonial vessel to be allowed a clearance with more than
eighty gallons of spirits for twenty-six men, fifty gallons for
eighteen men, thirty gallons for twelve men, and eighteen gallons
for six men, if going on a sealing or whaling voyage. Persons having
families not to enter on board any colonial vessels, unless
provision be made by the owners for their families whilst absent;
the owners to find security also to return such persons when their
engagement expires. The owners must likewise maintain their men
while on shore, or the latter may relinquish their contract. The
owners must also provide sufficient provisions for the support of
their men, or be prosecuted at civil law. Colonial vessels not to
depart for oiling and sealing, until bonds be entered into by the
owners, binding themselves in five hundred pounds, and two sureties
in fifty pounds each (to be renewed annually, for the conduct of
masters in their employ), to perform as follows:--To take no person
without permission and regular notice of departure; to obtain a
clearance; not to navigate beyond the limits, namely, 10.37. and
43.39. south, and 135. east, from Greenwich; not to entice seamen,
or entertain deserters; to provide sufficient provisions for the
support of their men; not to break bulk, until entered and the fees
paid; not to authorize strange vessels taking away British subjects
from the gangs; not to purchase or receive more than twenty gallons
of spirits from any vessel they may meet, without the governor's
permission.
Constables--forbid releasing persons taken in charge, until
discharged by a magistrate.
Convicts--not to employ others to do their work: to which all
overseers are strictly to attend, under such punishment as a bench
of magistrates may adjudge. Convicts not to strike or be struck by
free persons: penalty, two hundred lashes the prisoner, and
jail-gang twelve months; a free man to pay two pounds for the first
offence, and be bound over; and, for the second offence, five
pounds, and security doubled. Those prisoners assigned to
individuals to be of no expense to the crown, nor can any convict's
person be attached for debt. Those prisoners taken off the stores to
be employed on their master's ground only, and in no case be
permitted on their own hands, or let to hire: penalty to Orphans;
the master to pay ten pounds, and half-a-crown for each day the
servant has been absent from public labor. Servants, who are
prisoners, are not to be beaten by their masters; who are to
complain to a magistrate when necessary, on pain of forfeiting such
future accommodation. Those prisoners off the stores who charge
exorbitant prices for their labor, or misbehave in any other
respect, will be recalled, and such other punishment inflicted
according to the nature of the offence. Masters of convicts to
clothe and maintain them with a ration equal to that issued by
government; to provide for them a sheltered lodging; the servant to
work, in his own time, for his master, in preference to any other
person, and never absent himself without leave; in case of
misbehavior, the master is to prefer his complaint to a magistrate,
who will order such punishment as the case shall require. Persons
secreting or employing such servants during government hours, will
be punished for a breach of public orders on that head. Those
convict servants indented for, not to be suffered on their own
hands; penalty, the master to pay half-a-crown per day, and one
shilling for each day the servant shall be discharged before the
time indented for expires.
Copper Coin.--Importation or exportation, above five pounds,
prohibited; penalty, treble the value. Also five pounds, and not
above, to be considered a legal tender.
Cur Dogs.--Such as are dangerous to stock, or apt to fly at horses,
to be destroyed; and if damage be sustained, the owner of the dog to
forfeit treble.
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