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TRANSPORTATION PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
An Act for Continuing Until the Twenty-Fifth Day Of March One Thousand Eight Hundred And Two Several Laws Relating to the Transportation of Felons and Other Offenders.
London: George Eyre & Andrew Strahan 1799. Printed bifolium pp. 461-462 armorial letterhead last 2pp. blank; very good. Uncommon: a significant eighteenth-century Act of Parliament amending and continuing the practice of transportation. It was in 1784 that the English government proclaimed the legal reinstitution of transportation with "An Act for the effectual Transportation of Felons and Other Offenders" Ferguson 3 and its companion Act for Scotland Ferguson 4bb. These two 1784 Acts laid out all of the basic conditions of transportation but interestingly had time limits imposed which meant that they could not last indefinitely and that continuations were required periodically. The present 1799 Act is just such a continuation continuing the practice for the length of the current session of Parliament due to be completed in March 1802. George Eyre & Andrew Strahan unknown
Bookseller reference : 4403335
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Four Parliamentary Bills regarding Colonial Land Management in South and Western Australia
London: HMSO 1841. Foolscap folio finely bound in half red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Comprising four separately published parts: Copies of the Commission appointing T.F. Elliot and Robert Torrens Esq and the Hon. Edward Villiers Land and Emigration Commissioners.for South Australia. 24 February 1840; 10pp and docket title leaf. A Bill to authorize the advance of a sum of money. on account of the colony of South Australia. 30 March 1841; 2pp. A Bill intituled An Act to authorize the Advance of a sum of money out of the Colnolidated Fund on account of the colony of South Australia. 22 April 1841; 2pp. A Bill to continue an act. for providing for the Government of His majesty's Settlements in Western Australia on the western coast of New Holland. 4 June 1841; 2pp. HMSO unknown
Bookseller reference : 4106429
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PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
South Australia. Statistical Returns. 1846
Adelaide: Government printer 1846. Foolscap folio title page incomplete and expertly repaired bound in half red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Full range of statistical summaries for 1846 - demographics agriculture mining revenue census and the like. Government printer unknown
Bookseller reference : 4106545
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TRANSPORTATION PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
An Act for making perpetual. An Act to explain and amend the Laws relating to the Transportation Imprisonment and other Punishments of certain Offenders as relates to the Punishment of burning in the Hand of certain Persons convicted of Felony within the Benefit of Clergy
London: George Eyre & Andrew Strahan 1799. Printed bifolium pp. 437-438 armorial letterhead last 2pp. blank; fine. This Act makes perpetual the practice of branding the hands of felons convicted of stealing from churches or the clergy. It continues previous law to this effect and concludes the practice 'has been useful and beneficial and it is expedient that the same should be made perpetual.'. George Eyre & Andrew Strahan unknown
Bookseller reference : 4403336
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Cap. XXXVI. An Act for regulating the Sale of Waste Land belonging to the Crown in the Australian Colonies
London: George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1842. Folio sheet pp. 509-516 armorial letterhead fine. Regards sale survey and regulation of "waste land" - those not for agriculture - in Australia. George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode unknown
Bookseller reference : 4106456
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Cap LXXXIV. An Act for the Transportation of Offenders from Great Britain 21st June 1824
London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1824. Foolscap pp. 709-720; disbound fine. 'A revision and consolidation into one Act of the laws for regulating the transportation of offenders from Great Britain' Ferguson. George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown
Bookseller reference : 4107392
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Cap. CVIII. An Act for Transferring to the East India Company certain possessions newly acquired in the East Indies and for Authorizing the Removal of Convicts from Sumatra 24th June 1824
London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1824. Foolscap pp. 1101-1103; disbound fine. 'Authorizing the removal of convicts under sentence of transportation to Sumatra or serving sentences there to other British colonies or possessions' Ferguson. George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown
Bookseller reference : 4107393
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PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES BURNS JF. POWELL James and others J. F.
Influx of Chinese Restriction Act
Sydney: Charles Potter Government Printer 21 June 1888. Fine. Foolscap 4 pp. Subtitle reads Remission of portion of fine imposed upon masters of the ship "Chelydra" and refund to agents of poll-tax on ten Chinese. Charles Potter, Government Printer, 21 June unknown
Bookseller reference : 4003726
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PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES WILSON Alexander
Return of Chinese Arrivals from the 1st January to the 31st August 1888
Melbourne: Robert Brain Govt. printer 13 September 1888. Single foolscap sheet very good. Return to parliament stating names of all vessels conveying Chinese passengers names of captains and owners thereof those alighted poll-tax sundry details. Robert Brain, Govt. printer, 13 September unknown
Bookseller reference : 4003731
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PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES KINGSTON CC. DIBBS George R. and others C. C.
Correspondence Respecting Influx of Chinese
Sydney: Charles Potter Government Printer 8 November 1893. Very good. Foolscap 8 pp. Correspondence concerning discrepancy of 700 Chinese seamen in immigrations logs. Stated 820 copies printed. Charles Potter, Government Printer, 8 November unknown
Bookseller reference : 4003724
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA HAINES William C.
Regulations for the Chinese on the Gold Fields
Melbourne: John Ferres Government Printer 2 December 1856. Fine. Single foolscap sheet. Regulations divided into six parts: camps in designated locations power of the state to relocate Chinese settlements on the goldfields appointment of Headmen water use restrictions aid to be afforded sick and invalid miners and the settlement of disputes. Presented by Mr. Haines to the Legislative Assembly and ordered to be printed 2nd December 1856. John Ferres, Government Printer, 2 December unknown
Bookseller reference : 4006852
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA GILLIES Duncan and Sir Henry B. LOCH
Chinese Immigration. Correspondence. Presented to both houses of Parliament.
Melbourne: Robert S. Brain Govt. printer 1888. Fine. Foolscap 4pp Correspondence between the Victorian premier Duncan Gillies and Governor Sir Henry B. Loch. Stated edition of 760 copies. Robert S. Brain, Govt. printer unknown
Bookseller reference : 4003722
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PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES WILSON Alexander immigration agent
Chinese. Return to an order of the House dated 13th September 1888.
Melbourne: Government printer 13 September 1888. Single foolscap sheet a little foxed good. Being a census of recent Chinese migrants having arrived at the Port of in Melbourne return to parliament stating names of all vessels conveying Chinese passengers names of captains and owners thereof those alighted poll-tax sundry details. Government printer, 13 September unknown
Bookseller reference : 4008036
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PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES CAMPBELL William D. Secretary for Lands.COWPER Charles Colonial Secretary
Martial Law. Late Riots at Burrangong
Sydney: Government Printer 12 December 1862. Fine. Foolscap four pages. Details legal issues surrounding declaration of martial law following aggression and rioting against Chinese miners at the Burrangong goldfields suring July 1862. Government Printer, 12 December unknown
Bookseller reference : 4005836
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PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES CLOETE PL. P. L.
Mr. James Torpy Apprehension of
Sydney: Thomas Richards Government Printer 1861. Fine. Foolscap 4pp. Reproduces telegraphic correspondence between the Gold Commissioner Cloete at Burrangong and various police officers regarding the warrant for the arrest of Mr. James Torpy and three others charged with initiating violence against the Chinese on the Burrangong goldfields. Thomas Richards, Government Printer unknown
Bookseller reference : 4006853
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PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES
An Act to repeal the Act to regulate and restrict the Immigration of Chinese. Assented to 20th November 1867
Sydney: Thomas Richards 1867. Single foolscap sheet disbound. Being a repeal of An Act to regulate and restrict the immigration of Chinese of November 1861. Thomas Richards unknown
Bookseller reference : 4006851
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Chinese Act Fines. A return of the number of Chinese fined or imprisoned in default of payment of the taxes imposed by the last Chinese Act
Melbourne: John Ferres Government printer 1860. Foolscap single sheet fine mounted. Ordered by the Legislative Assembly to be printed 20th March 1860. John Ferres, Government printer unknown
Bookseller reference : 4006859
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PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES CLEVELAND Grover & BAYARD TF. T. F.
Chinese Immigration. Despatch respecting treaty concluded between the Governments of China and the United States.
Sydney: Charles Potter Government Printer 1888. Good. Foolscap 4pp. Prints an extract from the New York Tribune of 28 March 1888 titled "A New Treaty with China" by T.F. Bayard. Charles Potter, Government Printer unknown
Bookseller reference : 4003728
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PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES WILSON Alexander & AW. MUSGROVE A. W.
Chinese Arrivals and Departures
Melbourne: Robert S. Brain Government Printer 1887. Foolscap 6pp very good. Arrivals and departures of vessels listing Chinese passengers carried with details of duties paid and sundry items. Robert S. Brain, Government Printer unknown
Bookseller reference : 4003725
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Copies of the Commission Appointing T. F. Elliot and Robert Torrens Esquires and the Honourable Edward E. Villiers Land and Emigration Commissioners; of the Instructions addressed by Lord John Russell to the Land and Emigration Commissioners; and of A Commission of the South Australian Commissioners and appointing Robert Torrens and T.F. Elliot Esquires and the Honourable Edward E. Villiers Colonization Commissioners for South Australiadocket title
London: HMSO 24th February 1840. Foolscap folio 10 pp. with docket wrapper bit rubbed good. With much detail of colonization strategy for South Australia. HMSO, 24th February unknown
Bookseller reference : 4107144
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PARLIAMENT OF NEW ZEALAND
Collection of 17 reports concerning the Maori Wars Land Settlements and the Administration of Sir George Grey
Auckland: Government printer 1861 1865. Very good condition. Foolscap folio some tables and a coloured folding map occasional foxing and browning occasional contemporary notes and marginalia in ink; bound in later quarter polished calf with labels. An engaging collection of 17 official reports and papers dating from Sir George Grey's second term as Governor of New Zealand a formative period for European-Maori relations in New Zealand's history. Grey had been recalled after a controversial tenure as governor of the Cape Colony and High Commissioner of South Africa. An able self-promoter Grey had offered to return in the hope that his rapport with the Maori would enable him to quell the emerging troubles and took little time in maligning the efforts of his predecessor Thomas Gore Brown. Grey was an able negotiator but his intentions were suspected both by the Maori and the British commander Lieutenant-General Duncan Cameron who acted with great caution following his efforts to defeat the Maori in southern Taranaki. Cameron whose report On the Native Insurrection is included here suspected Grey and the government of trying to use the British Army to acquire Maori land. On one occasion at Weraroa Grey took to the field himself and with a small force of colonial troops and 'friendly' Maori captured a native supply depot which the Maori promptly evacuated. This was hailed not least by Grey as a famous victory. The papers collected here begin with the Auckland printed Native Addresses of Welcome continuing with Reports on the state of Maori relations and finish with Wellington published Papers on The supply of ammunition to rebel natives and Murder of the Rev. Carl Sylvius Volkner by the Hau Hau Fanatics with page references of the Maori-translated passages in an early hand. Of special interest is the folding coloured map showing the proposed system of roads and settlements for military defence of the North Island included as an integral part of the report titled Memorandum on Roads and Military Settlements in the Northern Island 1863. A full listing of contents in order of binding in this volume: Native Addresses of Welcome to Sir George Grey. Ngatiraukawa and Ngatitoa Tribes. Published Auckland 1861; 14pp. BALNEAVIS Adj.-Gen. H.C. Return Shewing the Strength of the Various Volunteer Corps in the Colony on the 15th January and 30th June Respectively. Auckland House of Representatives August 1862; 4pp last blank. PAUL Major James. Return Shewing the Number of Troops in New Zealand during the Year ended 30th June 1862. Auckland House of Representatives August 1862; 2pp. Various contributors. Reports on the State of the Natives in Various Districts at the time of the Arrival of Sir George Grey. Auckland House of Representatives 1861; 44pp. GREY Sir George and others. Speeches of Governor Sir George Grey and Native Chiefs at Meetings in Waikato December 1861. Auckland by order of Parliament 1861; 6pp. GREY Sir George DOMET Alfred and others. Papers Relating to Military Settlements in the Northern Island of New Zealand drop title. Auckland by order of Parliament 1863; 16pp. DOMET Alfred. Memorandum on Roads and Military Settlements in the Northern Island. Auckland by order of Parliament 1863; 12pp. two folding tables and folding coloured lithographic map. DOMET Alfred & MANTELL W. Correspondence Relative to the Introduction of Military Settlers into the Province of Wellington. Auckland by order of Parliament 1863; 4pp. Return of Cases Between Europeans and Natives in the Resident Magistrates Court. Bay of Islands. Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated August 22nd 1862. Auckland by order of Parliament 1863; 8pp. Return of Cases Between Europeans and Natives in the Resident Magistrates Court. Bay of Islands. Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated 28th October 1863. Auckland by order of Parliament 1863; ii4pp. CAMERON Lieutenant-General Duncan and others. Papers Relative to the Native Insurrection drop title. Auckland by order of Parliament 1863; 44pp. last blank. CAMERON Lieutenant-General Duncan and others. Further Papers Relative to the Native Insurrection. In continuation. Auckland by order of Parliament 1863; 10pp. GREY Sir George; FOX William and others. Further Papers Relative to the Native Prisoners. In continuation. Auckland by order of Parliament 1864; 10pp. GREY Sir George; LOGAN R.M.; WHITE John and others. Further Papers Relative to the Native Insurrection. Auckland GREY Sir George GREY Sir George. Despatches from the Governor to the Secretary of State. Auckland Govt. printer 1865 10pp. BATEMAN Thomas YOUNG W. and others. Papers relative to the Supply of Ammunition to Rebel Natives. Wellington by order of Parliament 1865 ii 4 pp. Various. Papers relative to the Murder of the Rev. Carl Sylvius Volkner by the Hau Hau Fanatics. Wellington by order of Parliament 1865 20 pp. last blank. Government printer 1861 unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
New Zealand. Copies or Extracts of any correspondence relative to the New Zealand Estimates. 24 March 1843
London: HMSO 1843. Foolscap folio ii 60 pp. bound in attractive half polished blue calf with marbled boards and gilt lettering by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Detailed reports disclosing the total expenditure of the Crown during the colonisation of New Zealand of some historical interest to the emigration schemes of the 1840's; and the future fortunes of the New Zealand Company. HMSO unknown
Bookseller reference : 4107530
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Copy or Extracts from any recent Despatch from the Governor of New South Wales respecting Outrages by the Natives in the Bay of Islands in New Zealand
London: HMSO 14 March 1845 1846. A little toning. Foolscap folio pp. 1-12; in handsome half brown crushed morocco with gilt lettering by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Prints correspondence of Governor Sir George Gipps to Lord Stanley regarding a vessel sent by Captain FitzRoy with an armed retinue of some 150 men of the 99th regiment following recent native attacks in the Bay of Islands. HMSO, 14 March 1845 unknown
Bookseller reference : 4107526
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Copies of the Laws and Ordinances passed by the Governor and Council of the Colony of New Zealand. 4 & 5 Victoria 1841
London: HMSO 1842. Preliminary leaves a little thumbed. Foolscap folio 60pp.; in handsome half speckled calf with gilt lettering by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Significant parliamentary papers bringing New Zealand under the the law of New South Wales: 'An Ordinance to declare that the Laws of New South Wales so far as they can be made applicable shall extend to and be in force in Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand.'. Other material bound here relate the administration of the courts and the prohibition of the distillation of liquor in New Zealand a move that was not surprisingly deeply unpopular with the residents!. HMSO unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Collection of 28 Acts and Ordinances from 1840-1875; Relating to various matters including the protection of native animals registration of dogs bushfire prevention and the control of pernicious thistles
Adelaide: Government printer 1840- 1875. Covers rubbed. Quarto very good in old marbled paper card covers with contemporary notes and amendments in ink. Collection of South Australian legislation of 1840-1875 bound in series comprising the following: No. 10. 24 December 1858. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to district Councils. pp. 49-92. Plus three supplementary Acts. No. 13. 21 October 1862. An Act to regulate Elections by Ballot. pp. 65-71. No. 17. 25 November 1852. An Act for the making and improving of roads in South Australia. pp. 89-119. No. 11. 12 November 1863. An Act to repeal an Act No. 17 of 1861.making and improving of roads in South Australia." pp.103-113. And two further Acts relating to roadbuilding. No. 8. 24 December 1858. An act to Consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the impounding of Cattle. pp. 25-44. No. 5. 8 December 1840. An Act to regulate the slaughtering and prevent the Stealing of Cattle. pp. 1-11. No. 2. 19 February 1844. An Ordinance to Authorize the Levying of Fees on the slaughtering of Cattle. 2pp. No. 19. 30 November 1847. To impose penalties.negligent burning of stubble and other produce. 2 pp. And another two 1864 relating to bush-fires. No. 13. 18 February 1843. An Act for establishing standard weights and measures. 8pp. No. 7. 9 July 1855. An ordinance to amend "An Act for establishing standard weights and measures." No. 16. 25 July 1845. An ordinance to regulate the use of weigh-bridges and steelyards. 2pp. No. 26. 21 October 1862. An Act for preventing the further spread of Scotch Thistle Variegated Thistle and Bathurst Bur. pp. 123-125. No. 11. 15 October 1875. An Act to Amend the the Law relating to Public Education. pp. 39-43. No. 9. December 9 1853. An Act to regulate the occupation of crown Lands. pp. 123-126. No. 21. 6 November 1874. An Act to Prevent the Destruction of certain Birds and Animals. pp. 173-177 of special interest to Australian environmental history as early law protecting birds and animals on Crown lands specifically exempting Aboriginal persons hunting and collecting for sustenance. No. 6. 19 December 1867. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Registration of Dogs. pp. 45-53. No. 12.19 December 1867. An Act to regulate the weights to be carried on certain Vehicles. pp. 107-110. And another related Act. No. 6. 22 September 1875. An Act to regulate the use of Guns and Firearms in certain cases pp.15-17. No. 16. 15 October 1875. An Act to provide for the Suppression of the Rabbit Nuisance. pp. 63-70. No. 22. 18 December 1873. An Act to make provision for the preservation.of Public Health pp.153-177. Government printer, 1840- unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Further Papers Relative to the Affairs of New Zealand. Presented to both Houses of Parliament. 7 August 1851
London: William Clowes and Sons for HMSO 1851. Foolscap folio viii 246 pp. bound in attractive half crimson morocco with gilt lettering by Sangorski and Sutcliffe original tinted wrappers bound in. Detailed report of affairs of 1851-1851 providing a wealth of historical information. Of special interest are reports for the introduction of Maori representation in government and parliament presentations from Queen Victoria to various native chiefs the acquisition of lands by the New Zealand Company and the settlement of pensioner emigrants in New Zealand. William Clowes and Sons for HMSO unknown
Bookseller reference : 4107528
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PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Epitome of the Debates in the Houses of Legislature During the First Session of the First Parliament of South Australia 1857-58
Adelaide: 1857- 1858. Fine. Quarto later polished half calf. Prints debates of interest in relation to a full range of public affairs and policy issues. Fully indexed by subject. 1857- unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN FITZROY Robert
New Zealand. Papers relative to the affairs of New Zealand. Comprising correspondence between Lord Stanley and Governor FitzRoy
London: House of Commons 1845. Folio 10 pp. very good. Two despatches Stanley to FitzRoy August 1844. House of Commons unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
New South Wales. Copy of a letter from the Secretary of State for the Colonies dated 3 June 1842.on the subject of Bills drawn by the Government of New South Wales on account of the debt due to that Colony by the Government of New Zealand
London: House of Commons 1842. Folio 11 pp. string tied very good. Ordered to be printed 6 July 1842. House of Commons unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Report from the select committee on New Zealand; together with the proceedings of the committee minutes of evidence and appendix
London: House of Commons 1857. Folio 30 pp. string tied very good. Ordered to be printed 9 July 1857. House of Commons unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
New Zealand. Return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 1 may 1846:- for "Copies or extracts of correspondence between Her Secretary of State for the Colonies and the New Zealand Company relative to a loan from the public in aid of the Company's funds.
London: House of Commons 1846. Folio 10 pp. string tied very good. Ordered to be printed 5 May 1846. House of Commons unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
New Zealand. Return of an address of the Honourable House of Commons for Copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Church Missionary Society to Lord Stanley relative to affairs in New Zealand
London: House of Commons 1844. Folio 7 pp. very good. Ordered to be printed 5 September 1844. House of Commons unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
New Zealand Loan. Copy of resolutions adopted on 2d July 1856 in the New Zealand House of Representatives with the reference to the Guarantee of a loan of £500000.
London: House of Commons 1858. Folio 3 pp. string tied very good. Ordered to be printed 28 May 1858. House of Commons unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
New Zealand. Return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 9 February 1852. "Copies of extracts of correspondence between the Colonial department and Mr. Fox of Wellington New Zealand relating to the political institutions of that Colony.'
London: House of Commons 1852. Folio 16 pp. string tied very good. Ordered to be printed 22 March 1852. House of Commons unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
New Zealand Loan. Return of an address. correspondence regarding loan of £500000 to the Colony of New Zealand
London: House of Commons 1859. Folio 13 pp. string tied very good. Ordered to be printed 25 July 1859. House of Commons unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Copy of a letter from Lord Ingestre to Lord Stanley of the 24th day of July and of the reply relative to the affairs of the New Zealand Company.
London: House of Commons 1845. Folio 11 pp. string tied very good. Ordered to be printed 9 August 1845. House of Commons unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
New Zealand. Further papers relative to the proposed constitution of New Zealand.
London: House of Commons 1852. Folio 14 pp. string tied very good. Presented to both Houses of Parliament May 20 1852. House of Commons unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
New Zealand. "Copy of all correspondence that has passed between Her Majesty's Government and the New Zealand Company between the 19th day of June and the 6th day of July.
London: House of Commons 1845. Folio 13 pp. string tied very good. Preserved in cloth folder. Ordered to be printed 15 July 1845. House of Commons unknown
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QUEENSLAND GOLDFIELDS PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Reservation for Her Majesty's Assent of the Queensland Gold Fields Act Amendment Bill of 1876. Correspondence Respecting
Sydney: Charles Potter Government printer 1877. Tall quarto 8 pp. a little toned very good loose as issued. Prints correspondence of October 1876 to April 1877. Charles Potter, Government printer unknown
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Parliament of Great Britain
Correspondence Relating to Chinese Immigration into the Australasian Colonies with a return of Acts passed by the legislatures of those colonies and of Canada and British Columbia on the subject
London: HMSO 1888. Wrappers chipped; preliminaries thumbed else good. Foolscap x 88 pp. in original printed blue wrappers pencilled marginalia and one page of manuscript notes at rear; preserved in box. Immigration remained a sore point of contention between the Colonial office and respective governments of the Australian colonies and was to become a motivation towards Federation. HMSO unknown
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EUREKA STOCKADE PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Claims for Compensation. Ballaarat. Copies of petitions from certain persons claiming compensation for losses occasioned by the riots at Ballaarat
Melbourne: John Ferres Government Printer 25th January 1856. Very good chipped at spine. Folio 24 pp. disbound from stab-sewn volume. A printed collection of 19 claims for compensation for property destroyed in the ambush upon the Eureka Stockade and violence of the ensuing days. The language of the claimants is strong charging the police and militia with wanton and unlawful destruction of private property. Most of the 19 applicants in this report maintain a respectful distance from the protest movement asserting themselves as innocent casualties of the ambush on the Stockade. The first claim being that of storekeeper Patrick Curtain is representative of common grievances. His store was burnt to the ground during the melee containing a sizeable and varied stock of goods. From the testimonial of his attorney we learn that Curtain had intended to sell his wares and return home from the goldfields; furthermore he recently purchased property in the suburbs of Ballarat using his then existing stock as a surety for payment in full. Tragically when Curtain lost his store he defaulted on payment for the land which was foreclosed by the owners. Not surprisingly his claim for £1267 in compensation from the Government is considerable. The report includes a detailed itemised list of all goods destroyed. Interestingly Curtain claims his 'account book with debts becoming due' to the value of £315 towards his claim presumably this was a ledger signed by his debtors. Here one man's misfortune became another's blessing for the disaster that plunged Curtain and his family into poverty must have emancipated other diggers from significant debts incurred at his store. John Ferres, Government Printer, 25th January unknown
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA BRITISH PARLIAMENT
An Act to empower His Majesty to erect South Australia into a British Province or Provinces.
London: George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1834. Name clipped from head of first leaf otherwise a fine copy. Foolscap folio numbered pp. 789-796no loss of text; in full red crushed morocco by Sangorski gilt. The South Australia Act: the formal creation of the new colony. The Act which is dated 15 August 1834 provided for the settlement of a province on the lands between 132 and 141 degrees East longitude and between the Southern Ocean and 26 degrees South latitude including the islands adjacent to the coastline. The Act largely reflected the views and pioneering work of Edward Gibbon Wakefield who saw control of land sales as a way to finance the development of a colony. George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
An Act to amend the Law affecting transported Convicts with respect to Pardons and Tickets of Leave. Cap. VII
London: George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1843. Printed bifolium 109-111 last blank armorial letterhead fine. An important Act defining the rights of convicts to property earned through their own labour. The penal system in Australia had long incorporated the Ticket-of-Leave system wherein convicts were granted the right to work for wages and so 'employ themselves for their own benefit'. The Act begins by limiting the powers of the Governor or Lieutenant-Governor as in the case of Van Diemen's Land to issue absolute or conditional pardons to transported felons. Remission of any sentence of transportation must henceforth be submitted to the Secretary of State for approval on behalf of the Crown. This legislation significantly reduced the power and autonomy of the Governor as final and independent arbiter of the destiny of convicts under his control. The third clause consolidates the law regarding the private property of convicts. Given that Ticket-of-Leave holders can acquire personal property it is to be protected under the full power of the law 'notwithstanding his or her Conviction of Felony'. Thus the inalienable law of private property is formally extended to convicts who have legally acquired it. Interestingly this clause defends the right of convicts in protecting their property if challenged in court on the basis of their past felonies. Notwithstanding the system remains contingent upon good behaviour for if the Ticket-of-Leave is revoked 'all property so acquired by any such Felon shall vest absolutely in Her Majesty and shall be disposed of at the discretion of the Governor or Lieutenant Governor.' It is significant that property so defined in the Act excludes land aside from a lease or tenancy agreement. Ownership of land was prohibited until any convict had received their pardon. George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode unknown
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TRANSPORTATION PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
An Act to facilitate and render more easy the Transportation of Offenders 29th December 1802
London: George Eyre & Andrew Strahan 1802. Very good. Printed bifolium pp. 109-110 armorial letterhead last 2pp. blank. Uncommon: an 1802 Act which significantly altered the practice of transportation due to the legal loophole pointed out by the great legal theorist Jeremy Bentham the same year who noticed that a Royal Navy vessel carrying convicts left the captain in the legal position of being a kidnapper. Jeremy Bentham made his argument in his Letters to Lord Pelham 1802 in a long discussion of the peculiar legal standing of the convict ship the Glatton which had been the first "king's ship" to serve as a convict transport rather than having been hired from a private individual as hitherto. Bentham commented that this was a legal minefield and that the ship's captain of the Glatton had - legally at least - been guilty of kidnap. The ship's captain before the institution of the present Act wrote Bentham had no better warrant than if he had coerced revellers from a "birth-day ball-room". It was directly as the result of Bentham's argument that the present Act allowed the King to "nominate and appoint Persons to have a Property in the Service of such Offenders.". The voyage of the Glatton to New South Wales was under Captain James Colnett a veteran of Cook's second voyage and author of an important account of his own Pacific voyage in the late 1780s. The Glatton had another claim to fame being commanded by Captain William Bligh in the 1801 battle of Copenhagen. George Eyre & Andrew Strahan unknown
Bookseller reference : 4201786
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
An Act to continue.for the Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. Cap. L
London: George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1838. Folio sheet pp. 429-430 armorial letterhead fine. A parliamentary Act to continue previous legislation regarding the legal management of the Australian colonies including administration of convict affairs. Such extension acts were needed to continue legislation relating to convict policy. George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode unknown
Bookseller reference : 4106451
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the Present State of Discipline in Gaols and Houses of Correction. bound with six other parliamentary papers
London: by Order of Parliament July 1863. Quarto with six short contemporary notices related to convict management bound before the primary report of xxx 512 pp.; a fine copy in modern green cloth. An influential report prepared by members of the House of Lords highly critical of the lenient treatment of prisoners sent to Western Australia. On 27 November 1852 the last convict ship sailed for Van Diemen's Land and so ended transportation to the east coast of Australia proper. Even the 700 prisoners held in the hellish penal colony at Norfolk Island had all finally been removed from the inhumane conditions under which they suffered by May 1856. The only colony willing to take convicts at this stage was Western Australia. An economic depression combined with acute shortage of labour made the prospect of transportation an appealing one and legislation of 1849 made Western Australia a place to which convicts could be sent. Small numbers of men well selected for assignment labour in colonial conditions produced good results for the colony. It appeared that the mistakes and abuses experienced on the east coast were largely avoided. In total only 9635 male prisoners were sent to Western Australia over a period of 18 years. This report prepared by a select committee of the House of Lords attacks the supposedly lenient treatment of prisoners both in Britain and Western Australia. Alan Shaw writes 'It had come to accept the view that a more severe deterrent punishment was needed and that transportation was no good for this'. The convict assignment system in Australia failed to inspire horror in potential criminals subsequently the Lords committee wanted it disbanded and replaced with 'a massive machine for the promotion of misery' Shaw p.359-360. This report marks an important point in nineteenth-century criminal law where notions of reform and rehabilitation tested in previous decades were quickly replaced with an inflexible science of punishment. Reformation and the infliction of suffering had always co-existed but this report heralded a new era neatly surmised by Sir James F. Stephen wherein 'criminal law is mainly a system of licensed revenge'. Interestingly this report is bound with six related notices printed for parliament. Five concern prisoners and tickets-of-leave in Great Britain and Ireland while the sixth is a printed petition dated 12 February 1863 by a deputation of Australian colonists. It summarises the benefits of transportation to Western Australia claiming convict labour indispensible to the development of the colony that escape is 'almost insurmountable' while boasting considerable success in the reformation of felons. Although transportation continued for a few more years ultimately the conservatives won the day and the colonial petitioners were unsuccessful. The last transport sailed for Western Australia in October 1867. by Order of Parliament, July unknown
Bookseller reference : 4106464
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
An Act to amend the Law relative to Offences punishable by Transportation for Life. Cap XC
London: George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1837. Printed bifolium pp. 689-692 armorial letterhead fine. An Act to repeal previous legislation allowing magistrates to sentence felons found guilty of housebreaking with transportation for life. This Act of 1837 limits the duration of transportation to no more than 15 years and no less than ten. By imposing the limit of ten years the minimum sentence was increased by three years while simultaneously this offence was no longer deemed worthy of transportation for life. Great Britain in the 1830's experienced a period of increasing severity in the punishment of crime and the conditions of convict life in Australia became more strenuous as a deterrent to felons back home. This Act stipulates that felons are to be imprisoned for between one to three years in a British prison before transportation with the option of hard labour during this time at the discretion of the presiding magistrate. Furthermore the range of crimes to be punished in like manner to housebreaking is here expanded; with larceny in shops injuring cattle destroying hop farms and stealing cloth during drying and manufacture now to be punished with the maximum sentence of transportation for 15 years. Nonetheless some clemency emerges through these hard times. The fifth clause of this Act removes the right of gaolers to keep inmates in indefinite solitary confinement. Such punishment so designed to break the spirit of the convict could result in intractable insanity. Accordingly the Act states that prisoners are not to be kept in solitary cells for more than one month at a time and not for more than three months out of any one year. George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode unknown
Bookseller reference : 4106450
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
An Act to amend an Act.for the Transportation of Offenders from Great Britain; and for punishing Offences committed by Transports kept to labour in the Colonies. Cap. XXXIX
London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1830. Folio pp. 385-390 armorial letterhead fine. This Act contains a variety of new laws relating to the Australian colonies with special reference to the ongoing problem of liquor smuggling in convict establishments. The sixth clause of the act expressly forbid the provision of liquor and fermented products of any description to felons convicted of transportation. It is clearly aimed at those found guilty of smuggling liquor to convict establishments and places of confinement. The trade in sly grog had been lucrative from the earliest days of the colony and in the lead up to the so called 'Rum Rebellion' under Governor Bligh officers of the New South Wales Corps were implicated in the trade. This act tightens up existing prohibitions and stipulates that those suspected of provisioning liquor to convicts can be detained in custody for up to three months unless able to pay an immediate surety of between 10 and 20 pounds. Other clauses empower the Governor of New South Wales to transfer convicts ambiguously charged with 'disorderly conduct' to other colonies namely Van Diemen's Land. Presumably this was enacted to break up groups suspected of sedition and troublemaking. Likewise the Act allows the Governor to take felons intended for other destinations 'if he shall deem it expedient' and also clarifies legal confusions arising from the delivery of convicts to the wrong location by transportation contractors. George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown
Bookseller reference : 4106445
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Papers Explanatory of the Charges brought against Lieut. Gen. Darling by William Charles Wentworth Esq
London: House of Commons 1830. An excellent copy. Foolscap quarto 60pp. and docket title leaf uncut and not folded; in a blue folding quarter cloth protective case with ribbon ties. A gritty insight into colonial politics of the 1820s pitting individual liberty and the freedom of the press against the power of Governor Ralph Darling. As this publication records William Charles Wentworth had attacked Darling for his contentious treatment of two soldiers of the New South Wales regiment Sudds and Thompson. The argument was conducted largely in the pages of Wentworth's Australian newspaper to which Darling responded with attempts to further curb the freedom of the press imposing stamp duties on Sydney newspapers and bringing libel charges against private citizens. These actions polarised the judiciary against the governor and Darling came to believe the judges acted against him in collusion with Wentworth. This report of 1830 ostensibly published all of the relevant documents however the Colonial Office was partial to Darling's case and edited the documents in a manner that seriously misrepresented the affair omitting a crucial letter from Wentworth to Sir George Murray. When this omission was revealed the Colonial Office was forced to publish the entire text of the Wentworth impeachment issued in the parliamentary papers of 1832. Some years later in 1835 Darling was cleared of Wentworth's charges by a Select Committee of the House of Commons. House of Commons unknown
Bookseller reference : 4205920
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
An Act to continue.for the Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. Cap. XLVI
London: George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1836. Folio sheet pp. 437-438 armorial letterhead fine. A parliamentary Act to continue previous legislation regarding the legal management of the Australian colonies including administration of convict affairs. Such extension acts were required to extend legislation relating to convict affairs. George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode unknown
Bookseller reference : 4106448
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