004 - Hunter Valley Manuscript - July 1833

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Description(Image-004.jpg) Transcription - Cap II (4) (iv) Verso selected is advertised for sale for three months and is then sold to the highest bidder 5/- [shillings] per acre being the upset price; so that an individual proposing to purchase must in the first place spend several months in travelling about the country and combating the intrigue and cunning of the old settlers who are all jealous of new comers settling in their neighbourhood and restricting their cattle runs. He must then go thro the forms of a correspondence with the Official Gentlemen and after a lapse of several months may be enabled to ascertain whether his selection has already been appropriated or whether it is worth the while of the old settlers in the neighbourhood of the land he has selected to outbid him, after ascertaining these interesting facts he will be at liberty to prosecute his enquiries still further if he has not already exhausted his patience and purse. It is true in the old settled countries there are portions of land which in the hands of the Government the sale of these lands contributed largely to the finances of the country, let there lands still be sold for the benefit of the community for there are the only lands worth more than 5/ [shillings] per acre, but let the back countries of rich Savannah and fine grazing land be thrown open to the selection of emigrants as free grants. New South Wales will never be like the Canadas, an Agricultural Country. The latter consists chiefly of thick forest and rich land which must all be cleared before any return can be made to the cultivation. There is a ready market for its grain and consequently the growth of this produce is the most lucrative pursuit for its inhabitants. New South Wales, on the contrary, consists of but a small proportion of rich alluvial land and a very large one of fine forest pasture with very little timber- It is an immense distance from a market for grain and cannot SubjectNew South Wales historyfree settlersland purchaseNSWHunter ValleySettlerAustralian historyMaitlandAustraliaDatenot specifiedSourcehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/2665492909/

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