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A Description of the Colony of New South Wales

by W. C. Wentworth

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Fees and Dues in the Various Offices

SECRETARY’S OFFICE.--GOVERNOR’S FEES.
For the great seal to every grant, not exceeding 1000 acres050
For all grants exceeding 1000 acres, for every 1000 each
grant contains026
For a license of occupation050

Secretary’s Fees

For every grant, and passing the seal of the province,
if under 100 acres 050
Between 100 and 500 acres 0100
All above 0150
In grants of land, where the number of proprietors shall
exceed 20, each right 026
In ditto, where the number of proprietors shall not exceed
20--the same as for grants in proportion to the quantity of land
For license of occupation of land 026
For every grant of land from 1000 to 20,000 acres, take for the
first 1000 acres 15s. and for every 1000 acres more, 2s. 6d.
Fees to be taken by the Surveyor General of Lands.
For each grant, not exceeding 40 acres 076
Ditto 90 ditto 0100
Ditto 190 ditto 0150
Ditto 250 ditto 100
Ditto 350 ditto 1100
Ditto 400 ditto 200
Ditto 750 ditto 2126
Ditto 1000 ditto 350
Ditto, on town leases, per foot on street front 001
And on all grants exceeding 1000 acres for each 100 acres
so exceeding 040

Auditor’s Fees

For the auditing of every grant 0 3 4

Registrar’s Fees

For recording a grant of land, for or under 500 acres 0 1 3 For ditto from 500 to 1000 acres 0 2 6 For every 100 acres to the amount of 20,000 0 10 6 For recording a grant of a township 1 0 0

To Be Received in the Secretary’s Office

On all colonial appointments, and commissions of whatever kind,
where the official seal is affixed550
On all special licenses for marriages440
On the registering of vessels exceeding 40 tons per ton;010
And to the Principal Clerk0100
For all vessels not exceeding 40 ton’s200
And to the Principal Clerk0100
On affixing official seal to the clearances of vessels of
foreign voyages, or fishing, per ton006
For every person leaving the colony, whereof ls. goes to
the Principal Clerk026
Transcripts of all papers, per folio of 72 words ls. and
transcribing Clerk, per ditto, 3d.013
Licenses for colonial vessels coastwise to the Coal River,
Hawkesbury, or elsewhere, not extending to Van Diemen’s Land
or Bass’s Straits, as heretofore to Coal River050

Fees to the Principal Clerk

On free or conditional pardons, each 0 5 6 Certificates and tickets of leave, each 0 2 8 N. B.—Six-pence of the free and conditional pardons, and two-pence on certificates and tickets of leave, are to be paid to the Government Printer, as a remuneration for the paper and printing.

On Receiving Appeals

If for the sum of £50, or under, as heretofore110
Upwards of £50, and not exceeding £1002 20
Upwards of £100, and not exceeding 300330
Any sum exceeding £300550
On all Appeals To the Principal Clerk0100
To the Door-keeper050
Affixing colonial seal to appeals to the King inCouncil550
Principal Clerk100
Transcripts of all papers, per folio of 72 wordsls.
and transcribing Clerk per ditto, 3d.013

Naval Office

Entry for a ship with articles for sale, and in Government
service0150
Ditto, ditto, and not in Government service1100
Ditto with no articles, ditto ditto0150
Ditto for all foreign vessels300
Permission to wood and water, for every vessel not exceeding
100 tons per register100
For every vessel upwards of 100, and not exceeding 200 tons200
For every vessel upwards of 200, and not exceeding 300 ditto300
For every vessel upwards of 300, and not exceeding 400 ditto400
For every vessel upwards of 400, and not exceeding 500 ditto500
For every vessel upwards of 500 tons600
Ditto to trade110
Dues of each bond0106
Ditto of port clearance050
Ditto ditto to the Naval Officer’s Clerk026
Ditto to Naval Officer’s Clerk, for each permit to land
spirits or wine, per cask006

For Colonial Vessels

Deeds of entry and clearance to the Hawkesbury 0 4 0 Ditto ditto to Newcastle 0 10 0 Ditto to the fishery or settlements at the southward 0 10 0 Ditto to Naval Officer’s Clerk 0 2 0

King’s Dues for Orphans

For each ton of coals for home consumption 0 2 6 Ditto ditto exported 0 5 0 For each 1000 square feet of timber for home consumption 3 0 0 Ditto ditto exported 6 0 0

Duties

Ships from any part of the world importing cargoes (the manufactures of Great Britain excepted) to pay a duty of 5 per cent. ad valorem on the amount of their respective invoices. On every gallon of spirits landed 0 10 0 Ditto wine ditto 0 0 9 n every pound of tobacco 0 0 6 Wharfage on each bale, cask, or package 0 0 6 The Naval Office to receive 5 per cent. on all duties collected at this port.

Wharfinger’s Fees

On each bale, cask, or package, landed or shipped003
Metage per ton on coals026
Measure of timber, per 1000 feet020
The following duties to be levied and collected by the Naval
Officer on the articles hereunder named, upon their arrival and
landing, whether for colonial consumption or re-shipment.
On each ton of sandal wood2100
On each ton of pearl shells2100
On each ton of beech-le-mer500
On each ton of sperm oil (252 gallons)2100
On each ton of black whale or other oil200
On each fur seal skin001½
On each hair ditto000½
On each kangaroo ditto000½
On cedar, or other timber, from Shoal Haven, or any other
part of the coast or harbours of New South Wales (Newcastle
excepted, as the duties are already prescribed there),
when not supplied by government labourers, for each solid foot010
For every 20 spars from N. Zealand or elsewhere100
On timber, in log or plank, from New Zealand or elsewhere,
for each solid foot010

Gaoler’s Fees

From every debtor on his discharge from each action 1 0 0 From every sailor confined for being disorderly, for the first night thereof 0 2 6 For every following night 0 1 0 From every free person thereof, and person having a ticket of leave, taken up and confined for being disorderly, on the discharge of the same, each 0 3 0

From every person receiving a certificate of his or her term of transportation being expired (reference being always had to the black book in his possession) 0 0 6

Fees to Be Received by the Chief Constable

On the apprehending and lodging in gaol any sailor who may be found riotous or disorderly, of constables assisting in the apprehension 0 2 6 For each night that sailors so apprehended may be confined; which is to be directed as the foregoing 0 2 6 For the apprehending of deserters or runaway sailors, to be divided equally among apprehending constables and himself 2 0 0 For serving summonses from the Judge Advocate’s Office, for debts under 40s. each summons 0 1 0 For the seizure of stills, or other articles prohibited by the Colonial Regulations, and ordered for distribution among the seizing Constables, the Chief Constable is to receive an equal proportion with them.

Surplice Fees

Marriages by License, Clergyman330
Clerk0106
Sexton050
Ditto by Banns, free persons Clergyman0106
Clerk banns020
Clerk marriage030
Sexton marriage0106
Christenings, for registering Clerk010
Churching, free persons only Clergyman010
Clerk006
Sexton006
Funerals, free persons--Clergyman030
Clerk010
Bell006
Grave digger026

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 1½ Ditto, ditto, ditto, if not sold 0 0 0½

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 0 4 0
For horned cattle 1s. per head
For do. if more than 1, and not exceeding 20, 9d. per ditto
For ditto, if upwards of twenty, 6d. per ditto
For sheep 2s. per score, or 7s. 6d. per hundred
For hogs and goats 2d. each, or 2s. per score
Passengers to pass and repass the same day for one payment.

Toll Gates Between Sydney and Parramatta

For each head of horned cattle 0 0 2 For each score of sheep or swine 0 0 10 For every single horse 0 0 3 For every cart drawn by a single horse or bullock 0 0 4 For every cart drawn by 2 horses or bullocks 0 0 6 For every cart drawn by 3 horses or bullocks 0 0 9 For every cart drawn by 4 horses or bullocks 0 0 10 For every waggon drawn by 2 horses or bullocks 0 0 10 For every waggon drawn by 3 horses or bullocks 0 1 0 For every waggon drawn by 4 horses or bullocks, or more 0 1 2 For every single horse chaise 0 1 0 For every curricle with two horses 0 1 6 For a four-wheel carriage drawn by 2 horses 0 2 0 For the same drawn by three horses 0 2 6 For the same drawn by four horses 0 3 0

N. B. The tolls between Parramatta and Windsor are exactly the same as those between Sydney and Parramatta, only at the former a cart drawn by 4 horses or bullocks is 10d.

Tolls at the New Bridge over the South Creek at Windsor, called Howe Bridge.

For each foot passenger 0 0 2 Ditto ditto single horse 0 0 6 Ditto ditto ditto, or bullock in draft 0 1 0 A cart, with 2 horses or bullocks 0 1 2 For each horse or bullock above that number 0 0 2 Waggons, or four wheeled carriages with two horses or bullocks 0 1 6 For each head of cattle not in draft, under a score 0 0 6 For every score 0 5 0 Ditto ditto per hundred 1 0 0 Ditto ditto sheep, goat, or pig, under a score 0 0 1 Ditto ditto a score 0 1 0

The Governor and Family, the Lieutenant Governor, and all persons on public duty to pass free.

Tolls to be taken at the Ferry across the River Hawkesbury.

(This is Mr. Howe’s Ferry).

For each foot passenger 0 0 3 A single horse 0 1 0 A single horse chaise 0 1 6 A chaise with 2 or more horses 0 2 6 A cart with 1 horse or bullock 0 2 6 Each additional horse or bullock 0 0 3 Waggons, or 4 wheeled carriages, with 3 horses or bullocks 0 2 0 Each horse or bullock 0 0 3 Each head of cattle not in draft, under 6 0 0 9 Ditto ditto under 20 0 0 6 Every score 0 7 6 Every sheep, goat, or pig, under a score 0 0 1 Ditto ditto per score 0 1 0 Ditto ditto per hundred 0 4 0

The unweaned young of every kind, half price.

Tolls to be taken at the Bridge over the Chain of Ponds, near Windsor.

For a single horse 0 0 3 A cart and horse, or two bullocks 0 0 6 Ditto with more than two 0 0 9 A waggon with 3 horses or 4 bullocks 0 1 0 Ditto with more 0 1 3 A single horse chaise 0 1 0 A four-wheel carriage 0 1 6 Horned cattle, each 0 0 2 Sheep and pigs, per score 0 1 0

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