History of the Continent of Australia and the Island of Tasmania (1787 to 1870): For the Use of SchoolsMarcus Clarke |
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Page 176 - House to be dissolved every five years, or oftener, at the discretion of the Governor. Certain officers of the Government, four at least of whom should have seats in Parliament, to be deemed
Page 146 - That any form of constitution which may be proposed for the colony, for some years to come at least, which takes the government out of the hands of a governor, executive, and nominee council, and substitutes for the latter a representative body, will be ill-suited to its real state and position, and will render the administration of its government as a distinct colony, upon whomsoever it may devolve, a task of exceedingly great difficulty and responsibility .
Page 173 - This was met by strong protests on the part of the diggers, which resulted in the proclamation belng rescinded on the 13th December 1851. No licenses therefore were ever issued at the increased rate. all who sought it, but in the course of a year or two the number of gold diggers had increased so enormously that a considerable proportion were necessarily unsuccessful, and to these the payment of even the reduced license fee became a grievous burden. The mode of collecting this tax by means of armed...
Page 71 - ... studded with deserted and half-finished buildings — bear witness to these consequences, and speak of brave men, delicate females, and helpless children perishing by hundreds on a desert coast from want of food, of shelter, and even of water, and surrounded by armed hordes of angry savages. It were...
Page 241 - Jetton' the horses 21,000, and the land in cultivation 52,000 acres. In the preceding year, the public revenue had amounted to £260,000, the public expenditure to £196,000, the imports to £745,000, the exports to £1,000,000. The ships which arrived numbered 555, of an aggregate tonnage of 108,030, and the ships which departed numbered 508, of an aggregate tonnage of 87,087. The wheat grown amounted to 550,000 bushels, the oats to 100,000 bushels, the hay to 21,000 tons. The wool exported amounted...
Page 161 - Royal Charter issued 7th February, 1858, the same rank, style, and precedence are granted to Graduates of the University of Sydney as are enjoyed by Graduates of Universities within the United Kingdom.
Page 104 - A colony so formed would fairly represent English society, and every new comer would have his own class to fall into ; and to whatever class he belonged he would find its relation to the others, and the support derived from the others, much the same as in the parent country. There would then be little more in Van Diemen's Land, or in Canada, revolting to the habits and feelings of an emigrant than if he had merely shifted his residence from Sussex to Cumberland or Devonshire...
Page 25 - Was seen ; indeed the kangaroo seems to reign undisturbed lord of the soil, a dominion which, by the evacuation of Port Phillip, he is likely to retain for ages.
Page 71 - The entire material of a settlement, the official staff, settlers, property, and live stock, were hurried out to an unknown wilderness before one acre was surveyed, before one building had been erected, before even a guess had been formed as to the proper scene of their labours, before the slightest knowledge had been obtained of the soil, climate, products, or inhabitants. Nay, further, it was absolutely made a condition of the grants of land, that the emigrant should not only arrive, but bring...
Page 176 - House, of sixty members : Members of both Houses to be elective and to possess property qualifications : electors of both Houses to possess either property or professional qualifications, the property qualification of both members and electors being lower in the case of the Assembly than in that of the Council : the Council not to be dissolved, but five members to retire every two years and to be eligible for re-election : the Assembly to be dissolved every five years, or...