Emigrant's guide to South Australia / by J.C. Byrne

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Byrne, J. C
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EMIGRANT'S GUIDE TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA CORRECTED AND REVISED TO THE PRESENT TIME. 1
PREFACE TO THE ELEVENTH EDITION. 3
CONTENTS. 4
EMIGRANT’S GUIDE TO AUSTRALIA. CHAPTER I. 6
CHAPTER II. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Original Settlement and Extent—Early Difficulties—Land Speculation—Governors Hindmarsh and Gawler—Extraordinary Expenditure of the latter—Universal Bankruptcy—Appointment of Captain Grey ; Revival of the Colony—Votes in Aid of it, by the British Parliament—Major Robe’s Administration. 25
CHAPTER III. Mode of Government—lnternal Communication—Aborigines—Climate—Mode of Selling Land—Land Fund—Land under Cultivation—Imports and Exports—Produce of Wool—Returns of Stock—Revenue and Expenditure -Estimates for 1848 —Population and Occupation—Number of Houses—Rates of Wages Demand for Labour, and Persons required. 33
CHAPTER IV. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Adelaide—Places of Worship—Religion—Markets—Prices of Exports—Freights—Mining and Minerals—Description of the Burra Burra Mine—Prospects of the Colony. 47
APPENDIX. Exports of Minerals—Sales of Copper Ores at Swansea—Value of Mining Shares at Adelaide—Master and Servants' Act in force in South Australia. 69
ADELAIDE MINING SHARE LIST. 70
MASTERS AND SERVANTS’ ACT. 71
RETURN OF EXPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1847, THE PRODUCE OF THE COLONY. 72
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