|
Parramatta.--Persons passing the barracks to give a satisfactory
account of themselves to the commanding officer at that place, when
required; and no person to carry a musket without permission from
the magistrate.
Passage-boats.--Not to convey any person, unless a settler, without
a pass; penalty, confiscation. The boats to be kept tight; carry
four oars, one mast and sail; boatmen to treat passengers civilly;
to give notice half an hour before they depart, by bell ringing; not
to stop more than ten minutes by the way, nor to go alongside a
vessel, without acquainting the wharfinger; and the proprietors to
keep entry-books, under the penalty of forfeiting the bond and
recognizances entered into at the time their license was granted.
The following charges to be made: Each passenger to pay 1s.;
children 6d.; luggage 1s. per cwt.; wheat or shelled maize 6d. per
bushel; maize in cob 4d. per bushel; each chair 6d.; sheep and goats
6d. each; pigs and packages, according to their size; liquids 1d.
per gallon; porter 3s. per hhd.; planks 2s. 6d. per 100 feet; fowls
and ducks 1s. per dozen; geese and turkeys 1s. 2d. per dozen;
parcels weighing 2lbs. 3d.; and private letters 2d. each. The hire
of the whole boat 1l. 1s.
Passes.--No person, unless a settler, to leave his place of abode
without a pass, which he is to produce to the chief constable at the
settlement expressed in it, and return it to the officer who granted
it, under the penalty of three months hard labor, if free; and, if a
prisoner, corporal punishment, at discretion of one magistrate, not
exceeding one hundred lashes.
Permits--for removing half a gallon of spirits, &c. to be granted by
commissioned officers, superintendants, and licensed retailers; and
if any spirits be obtained by fraud and collusion, by any licensed
person, if free, he will suffer the penalty of one year's hard labor
for the crown, and forfeit his license; and, if a prisoner, he will
undergo such punishment as a bench of magistrates may direct.
Petitions--signed by more than one person, to be sanctioned by three
magistrates, under the penalty of prosecution.
Prisoners--not to be conveyed on board any vessel about to depart:
penalty for breach of this order, forfeiture of the boat, and the
person rowing it to be subject to two months imprisonment. Nor is
any prisoner to be seduced or diverted from the public harvest,
under the penalty of ten pounds, half of which to be paid to the
informer.
Provisions--including flour, bread, meat, wheat, &c. not to be sent
on board vessels, but by permit for that purpose.
Public Registers--applications respecting them to be made to the
secretary only.
Public Roads--not to be encroached upon: persons aggrieved thereby,
to obtain redress by complaint to the nearest magistrate.
[Editor's Note: There were no Q entries]
The Present Picture Of New South Wales, 1811 |
