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General Orders,
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JOHN SAVAGE, Esq. Assistant Surgeon, resi-
dent at Parramatta, is appointed Magistrate
for the County of Cumberland, and is to be considered and respected as such.
No person whatever is to employ any Prisoner whose Term of Transportation is not expired, without a Certificate of Leave, on pain of for- feiting, on Conviction before two Magistrates, the sum of 22l. Sterling to the Orphan fund,
and 2s 6d. for each day they have employed
such Prisoner. until he be regularly indented for, Application for Indented Servants to be made to the Principal Magistrates of the re- pective Districts on Fridays, who will lay them before the GOVERNOR ; when such as are al- lowed may indent the following Friday at the respective Magistrates, where the Prisoners will be assigned. By Command of
His EXCELLENCY, W. N. CHAPMAN. , Sec.
Government House, Sydney, Jan. 25, 1804.
As an Encouragement to Settlers holding and
Cultivating Grants of Land, who are sp- proved of for their industry and good conduct,
His EXCELLENCY (with the Approbation of His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the colonies, in consequence of the Governor's Recommendation of the 21st of August, 1801. and instructions received by the Calcutta), di- rects the following- Notice to be given:--
Such approved Settlers may procure Ploughs or Carts, as stated in the General Order of the 7th of May, 1803, will be furnished with Oxen to Hire for Labour, proportionate to the Merits and Exertions of the Settler: the Hire to be paid into the Stores in Wheat during the March Quarters, in the proportion of Ten Bu-
shels a Year for two Years, when the Ox or
Oxen are each to be purchased for 70 Bushels of wheat, otherwise to be returned to Gover- ment. who will also claim them before that pe- riod, or during the time they are lent, if they are ill treated, or not applied to the purpose lent for, viz. to enable the Settler to procure his Agricultural and Carrying Labour at a cheap and profitable rate. In case of the Animal's death by any sudden accident, not proceeding from ill treatment, Notice is to be immediately given to the Superintendant of Stock, who is to informed of any disease that may attack them, otherwise the Settler to be responsible for
their Value.
Cows, one remove from the Bengal Breed, to
approved and deserving Settlers with Families will be occasionally bartered for on the follow- ing Conditions, viz.--- Cows of the above de- scription are valued for the ensuing year at 23L
a head ; which Sum is to be paid into the Stores in Wheat on delivery of the Cow. : but if cir- cumstances should induce the GOVERNOR to al-
low of the value being paid by two half-yearly
Sums from the time the Caw is delivered - - if particular cases of difficulty or distress may render that indulgence necessary, which is to un-
dergo a strict enquiry of the motives and consi- derations of such an Alteration, if any Failure occurs in making the payments when due, or shortly after, the Purchase is to be invalidated, the Stock returned to Government, and the Payment already made forfeited ; The Cow
and her Produce to be unalienable until the third generation, unless the Governor's especial Permission is obtained Writing ; and every Person whatever is strictly charged and com- manded not to purchase such Stock without the Governor's written Sanction.--- Those Cows that have been hired are to be purchased on the above Conditions, or returned to Government.
The General Order of July 31st, 1802, re- stricting Settlers from making away with the Stock they are furnished with from Government to breed from, and the Forfeitures thereunto an- nexed, continue in full force.
The Governor having given the Master of
the Mary American Ship leave to dispose of his Spirits at the following Prices, viz.
1250 Gallons of Rum at 10s. per gallon duty
included
100 Gallons of Brandy at 12s. 6d. per do. and 100 Gallons of Hollands at 12s. 6d.
A Distribution will he made in the following Proportions.
To Officers Civil and Military 7 gals each To Licensed Persons 7 ditto do. To Superintendants 5 ditto do. To Sergeants 4 ditto do.
Which leaves about 600 Gallons to be given to those Settlers the Governor may approve of.
Application to be made for Permits on Mon- day and Tuesday next.
By Command of His
EXCELLENCY W. N. CHAPMAN , Sec Government House, Sydney, Jan. 20, 1804.