Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land / With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America

by W. C. Wentworth

Gaoler's Fees.

From every debtor on his discharge from each action 1 0 0
From every sailor confined for being disorderly, for the
first night thereof 0 2 6
For every following night 0 1 0
From every free person thereof, and person having a ticket of
leave, taken up and confined for being disorderly, on the
discharge of the same, each 0 3 0
From every person receiving a certificate of his or her term
of transportation being expired (reference being always had to
the black book in his possession) 0 0 6

Fees to be received by the Chief Constable

On the apprehending and lodging in gaol any sailor who may be
found riotous or disorderly, of constables assisting in the
apprehension 0 2 6
For each night that sailors so apprehended may be confined;
which is to be directed as the foregoing 0 2 6
For the apprehending of deserters or runaway sailors, to be
divided equally among apprehending constables and himself 2 0 0
For serving summonses from the Judge Advocate's Office, for debts
under 40s. each summons 0 1 0
For the seizure of stills, or other articles prohibited by the
Colonial Regulations, and ordered for distribution among the
seizing Constables, the Chief Constable is to receive an equal
proportion with them.

Surplice Fees.

Marriages by License, Clergyman 3 3 0
Clerk 0 10 6
Sexton 0 5 0
Ditto by Banns, free persons Clergyman 0 10 6
Clerk banns 0 2 0
Clerk marriage 0 3 0
Sexton marriage 0 10 6
Christenings, for registering Clerk 0 1 0
Churching, free persons only Clergyman 0 1 0
Clerk 0 0 6
Sexton 0 0 6
Funerals, free persons--Clergyman 0 3 0
Clerk 0 1 0
Bell 0 0 6
Grave digger 0 2 6

Post Office Charges

Every letter, English or Foreign 0 0 8
Every parcel not exceeding 20lbs. 0 1 6
Every ditto if exceeding 20lbs. 0 3 0
Every colonial letter from any part of the territory 0 0 4
Soldiers' letters, or those addressed to their wives 0 0 1
Market Duties at Sydney.--Grain, etc. lodged in the
store to be paid for as follows; viz. wheat or barley 3d. per
bushel; maize or oats 2d. per ditto; potatoes 3d. per cwt. and if
not sold the same day shall pay store-room rent every succeeding
market day the articles continue there, to the clerk, who is not
to deliver up such articles until the same be paid.
Market and Fair Duties at Parramatta.
For each horse, mare, gelding, or foal, if sold 0 1 6
Ditto ditto, ditto, if not sold 0 0 6
For each bull, cow, ox, or calf, if sold 0 1 0
Ditto ditto, ditto, if not sold 0 0 4
Sheep, lambs, or pigs, per score, if sold 0 2 0
Ditto, ditto, ditto, if not sold 0 0 8
And any number of sheep, lambs, or pigs, under a score,
for each sold 0 0 1½
Ditto, ditto, ditto, if not sold 0 0 0½
Ferry across the River Hawkesbury, called Nowland's Ferry:
Tolls for each foot passenger 0 0 3
A saddle horse 0 1 6
A foal 0 0 6
A horse and chaise 0 2 6
A cart with 1 horse or two bullocks 0 2 6
A ditto with 2 horses or 3 bullocks 0 3 0
A waggon with 4 horses or 6 bullocks 0 4 0
For horned cattle 1s. per head
For do. if more than 1, and not exceeding 20, 9d. per ditto
For ditto, if upwards of twenty, 6d. per ditto
For sheep 2s. per score, or 7s. 6d. per hundred
For hogs and goats 2d. each, or 2s. per score
Passengers to pass and repass the same day for one payment.

Toll Gates between Sydney and Parramatta:

For each head of horned cattle 0 0 2
For each score of sheep or swine 0 0 10
For every single horse 0 0 3
For every cart drawn by a single horse or bullock 0 0 4
For every cart drawn by 2 horses or bullocks 0 0 6
For every cart drawn by 3 horses or bullocks 0 0 9
For every cart drawn by 4 horses or bullocks 0 0 10
For every waggon drawn by 2 horses or bullocks 0 0 10
For every waggon drawn by 3 horses or bullocks 0 1 0
For every waggon drawn by 4 horses or bullocks, or more 0 1 2
For every single horse chaise 0 1 0
For every curricle with two horses 0 1 6
For a four-wheel carriage drawn by 2 horses 0 2 0
For the same drawn by three horses 0 2 6
For the same drawn by four horses 0 3 0
N. B. The tolls between Parramatta and Windsor are exactly the
same as those between Sydney and Parramatta, only at the former a
cart drawn by 4 horses or bullocks is 10d.
Tolls at the New Bridge over the South Creek at Windsor, called Howe Bridge.
For each foot passenger 0 0 2
Ditto ditto single horse 0 0 6
Ditto ditto ditto, or bullock in draft 0 1 0
A cart, with 2 horses or bullocks 0 1 2
For each horse or bullock above that number 0 0 2
Waggons, or four wheeled carriages with two horses or bullocks 0 1 6
For each head of cattle not in draft, under a score 0 0 6
For every score 0 5 0
Ditto ditto per hundred 1 0 0
Ditto ditto sheep, goat, or pig, under a score 0 0 1
Ditto ditto a score 0 1 0
The Governor and Family, the Lieutenant Governor, and all
persons on public duty to pass free.
Tolls to be taken at the Ferry across the River Hawkesbury.
(This is Mr. Howe's Ferry).
For each foot passenger 0 0 3
A single horse 0 1 0
A single horse chaise 0 1 6
A chaise with 2 or more horses 0 2 6
A cart with 1 horse or bullock 0 2 6
Each additional horse or bullock 0 0 3
Waggons, or 4 wheeled carriages, with 3 horses or bullocks 0 2 0
Each horse or bullock 0 0 3
Each head of cattle not in draft, under 6 0 0 9
Ditto ditto under 20 0 0 6
Every score 0 7 6
Every sheep, goat, or pig, under a score 0 0 1
Ditto ditto per score 0 1 0
Ditto ditto per hundred 0 4 0
The unweaned young of every kind, half price.
Tolls to be taken at the Bridge over the Chain of Ponds, near Windsor.
For a single horse 0 0 3
A cart and horse, or two bullocks 0 0 6
Ditto with more than two 0 0 9
A waggon with 3 horses or 4 bullocks 0 1 0
Ditto with more 0 1 3
A single horse chaise 0 1 0
A four-wheel carriage 0 1 6
Horned cattle, each 0 0 2
Sheep and pigs, per score 0 1 0