Price of Waste Lands in the Australian Colonies. Despatch from Lord Grey to Governor Fitz Roy, in reply to the Report of the Committee of the Legislative Council on the Minimum Price of Crown Lands. Downing-street, August 11, 1848
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1849 · page 4
Sir—I have the honour to acknowledge your despatch, No. 18, of the 18th of January last, accompanied by the Report of a Committee of Council on the Minimum Price of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District Council. Quarterlt Meeting
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 May 1849 · page 2
Yesterday, at eleven o'clock, the District Council met in their rooms, East Maitland, to audit the accounts prior to two of the members retiring by rotation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Mercury. Saturday, May 2, 1849. Maitland District Council
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 May 1849 · page 2
YESTERDAY the formality of proposing persons to fill the vacancies in the Maitland District Council was gone through at the Court-house, according to Act…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Mercury. Saturday, May 12, 1849. the Petition to the Council
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1849 · page 2
THE petition to the Legislative Council adopted by the meeting held in Maitland on Wednesday last, praying the house to take immediate and effective…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. Wednesday, May 16, 1849. (From the S. M. Herald.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1849 · page 2
The Council met yesterday morning at ten o'clock, when the COLONIAL SECRETARY moved that the Council proceed to Government House, to present the Speaker elect to his Excellency…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. [Abridged from the S. M. Herald.] Tuesday, May 15, 1849
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1849 · page 4
The first sitting of the new Legislative Council was held yesterday, at the Council Chamber in Macquarie-street, for the inauguration of the members, and the election of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Mercury. Saturday, May 19, 1849. Opening of the Council—the Speakership
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1849 · page 2
ON Tuesday last the second elective Legislative Council of New South Wales commenced its first session. Its first business, after the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. [Abridged from the Sydney Morning Herald.] Thursday, May 17, 1849
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1849 · page 4
[Our correspondent's report, published in Saturday's Mercury, gave the proceedings on Thursday np to [?] division on the Colonial Secretary's motion that the Council should proceed to the election of two persons to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, May 22, 1849
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1849 · page 4
The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter past three. INTRODUCTION OF MEMBERS. Colonel Snodgrass, member for the counties…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. [Abridged from the Sydney Morning Herald.] Wednesday, May 23, 1849. The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. Mr. HAMILTON took the oaths and his seat. Business for
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1849 · page 2
Mr. COWPER said as a motion in his name was the only business on the paper for Friday, he begged leave to postpone it until Tuesday next. Leave was granted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. Wednesday, May 30, 184[?]. (From the Atlas.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1849 · page 2
The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter past three. RAILWAYS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid on the table…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. (Abridged fro[?] the S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, May 29, 1849
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1849 · page 4
The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter past three. Mr. M'Kinnon, one of the members for Port Phillip, took the oath and his seat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Papers. Salary of the Hon. Francis Scott. Copy of a Despatch from the Right Honorable Earl Grey, to Governor Sir C. A. Fitz Roy. Downing-street, 14th Nov., 1848
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1849 · page 4
SIR—I have received your despatch, No. 133, of the 3rd June last, enclosing copy of an address presented to you by the Legislative Council of New South Wales, in which they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Paper. Applications for Convicts. Letter from Principal Superintendent of Convicts to the Colonial Secretary. Principal Superintendent of Convicts Office, Sydney, 30th May, 1849
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 June 1849 · page 2
SIR—In compliance with the request conveyed to me by you, I have the honor to transmit a return of the number of ticket-of-leave holders, or exiles, for whom application has been made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Papers. Steam Communication. Copy of a Despatch from the Right Honorable Earl Grey, to Governor Sir Charles A. Fitz Roy. Downing-street, 30th November, 1848
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 June 1849 · page 4
SIR—With reference to previous correspondence on the same subject, I transmit to you, herewith, for your information and guidance, the enclosed copy of a letter from the Assistant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Sydney Morning Herald.) Thursday, May 31, 1849. Qualification of Mr. Martin. Our correspondent's report, as published in the Mercury of Saturday last, brought down the Council proceedings on Thursday to the period when, in consequence of Mr Martin's persisting in making references to what had been said in the previous debate on this question, the house was cleared of strangers on the motion of Mr. Lamb. We abridge the further proceedings from the Herald
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 June 1849 · page 4
Mr. MARTIN was still speaking when the reporters were again admitted. He should steadily resist the inquiry into his qualification, because he believed it was illegal, and both law and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. Wednesday, June 6, 1849. (Abidged from the Sydney Morning Herald.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1849 · page 2
The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter past three. THE BREAKWATER AT NEWCASTLE. Mr. M'INTYRE inquired of the Colonial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. [Abridged from the Sydney Morning Herald.] Tuesday, June 5, 1849
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1849 · page 4
The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter past three. STANDING RULES AND ORDERS. The SPEAKER reported that his Excellency…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Paper. Report From Board of National Education. National Education Office, Sydney, 7th May, 1849
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1849 · page 4
SIRâIn compliance with the request contained in your letter of the 11th ultimo, to be furnished with a report of the proceedings of the National Education Board during the past year, 1848, with a view to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Papers. Renewal of Transportation. Copy of a Despatch from the Right Honorable Earl Grey to Governor Sir Charles A. Fitz Roy. Downing-street, 4th Dec., 1848
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1849 · page 2
SIR—With reference to my despatch No. 156, of the 8th September last, acquainting you with the reasons why, and the limitations under which, a moderate number of convicts holding…
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