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AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL COMPANY
Fix this textA meeting of the following gentlemen, viz. :-
Fix this text1824. John Smith, Esq., M.P in the Chair, J. H. Palmer, Esq.,
Fix this textSir Robert Farquhar, Bart., G. G. de Hochepied Larpent, Esq.,
Fix this textJames Brogden, Esq., M.P., Thomas Tooke, Esq.,
Fix this textStewart Majoribanks, Esq., M.P., George Brown, Esq.,
Fix this textWilliam Ward, Esq., John Macarthur, Esq.,
Fix this textRd. Mee Raikes, Esq., Donald Maclean, Esq.,
Fix this textwas held on the 10th of April, 1824, at the chambers of John Macarthur,
Fix this textEsq., in Lincoln’s Inn, to consider a scheme for establishing a Company
Fix this textnow known as the Australian Agricultural Company, the object being to
Fix this textconduct pastoral and agricultural operations in the colony of New South
Fix this textWales. An interview with Earl Bathurst, the Secretary of State for the
Fix this textColonies, was sought and obtained on the 14th of April, 1824. At this
Fix this textinterview a general outline of the scheme was submitted to his lordship
Fix this textwho stated that he viewed it with great favor, and encouraged them to
Fix this textwork out the details of it and to communicate them to him.
Fix this textThis was done, and the scheme having been approved by Lord
Fix this textBathurst, the Company was established in the same year by 5 G. IV., c.
Fix this text86, which received the royal assent on the 21st June, and by a royal
Fix this textcharter bearing date November 5th, 1824, which inter alia provides—
Fix this text5th. That the Company should employ upon the land such
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Fix this text8th. That the lands granted should be held in mortmain and
Fix this textbe absolutely unalienable except upon the following conditions :
Fix this textFor every £10,000 expended by the said Company in the
Fix this textformation of roads, the erection of buildings, the cultivation, clearing,
Fix this textfencing, draining, or other improvements, the Company might
Fix this textalienate 50,000, acres until one moiety or equal half part of the
Fix this textlands granted to them had become alienable—provided amongst other
Fix this textthings that it shall be lawful for the said Company to alienate any of
Fix this textthe lands to be granted to them, upon obtaining a special license
Fix this textfor that purpose from his Majesty through one of the principal
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Fix this text12th. That if within 20 years from the date of the grant the
Fix this textsaid Company had by the employment of convicts exonerated the
Fix this textTreasury from a charge equal in the whole to the sum of £100,000,
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