Council Paper. Proposed Railway Between Newcastle and Maitland. Return to an address from the Legislative Council of New South Wales, dated 31st May, 1853, praying that his Excellency the Governor General would be pleased to cause to be laid upon the table:- "All correspondence which may have been passed between the Government and any person connected with a proposed scheme for forming a Railway between Newcastle and Maitland, with reference to a guarantee of 5 per cent. on the capital invested." No. 1. Copy of a Letter from W. C. Wentworth, Esq., M.L.C., to the Honorable the Colonia[?] Secretary. Sydney, May, 1853
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 June 1853 · page 4
SIR—As Chairman of the Provisional Committee appointed to carry out the resolutions passed at a meeting held at the Royal Hotel, on the 21st ultimo, for the purpose of forming a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Papers. Denominational Schools—annual Report for 1852. School Regulations
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1853 · page 4
The Board have not found it necessary to make any change in the regulations for the management of the schools from those adopted in previous years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. Tuesday, June 21, 1853. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1853 · page 4
The SPEAKER took the chair. COUNCIL PAPERS. The following papers were laid on the table: A letter from Mr. G. A Lloyd on the gold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. Wednesday, June 22, 1853. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1853 · page 2
The SPEAKER took the chair. THE ESTIMATES. The financial message of the Governor General having been read, with the Estimates, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Papers. Gratuity to Mr. Hargraves. Copy of a letter from E. H. Hargraves, Esq., to the Colonial Secretary. Sydney, 15th May, 1853
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1853 · page 2
SIR—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th instant, No. 53[?]484, instructing me that you are directed by his Excellency the Governor General to inform…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Papers. Retired Allowances to Judges. Chas. A. Fitz Roy, Governor Gener[?]l
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 June 1853 · page 2
The Governor General transmits to the Legislative Council for their consideration the accompanying copy of a communication which has been addressed to his Excellency by their honors…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Sydney papers.) Thursday, June 23, 1853. [We continue the report of Thursday's proceedings from the point at which our correspondent's report, as published in Saturday's Mercury, terminated.] PETITION
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 June 1853 · page 4
Mr. NICHOLS presented a petition from William Brooks, of Lochend, in the county of Northumberland, representing that he emigrated to this colony on the faith of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Tuesday, June 28, 1853
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1853 · page 2
The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 3. SALARIEB OF GOVERNMENT OFFICERS. Mr, COWPER brought up the report of the select committee on the salaries of persons in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Paper. Geological Surveys. Letter from the Geological Surveyor to the Colonial Secretary. Honeysuckle Flat, Liverpool Range, January 1st. 1853
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1853 · page 4
SIR—I have the honour to transmit, for the information of his Excellency the GovernorGeneral, my eighth tri-monthly report upon the geological and mineralogical structure of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District Council
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 July 1853 · page 2
The District Council met yesterday, pursuant to adjournment, at their rooms. Present—the Warden, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Laug, Mr. Cathrow, and Mr. Evans…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Thursday, June 30, 1853
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 July 1853 · page 4
The SPEAKER took the chair. PRIVILEGE. The SPEAKER having informed the Council of the decision come to by the Standing Orders…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Paper. Proposed Increase to Salaries of Public Officers. Report From the Select Committee on Proposed Increase to Salaries of Public Officers. The select committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 26th May last, and for whose consideration and report the Governor General's Message, No. 7, proposing temporary increases to the salaries of public officers, was referred, have agreed to the following report
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 July 1853 · page 4
Your committee have considered the matters referred to them by your honorable house, and, after due deliberation, have resolved to recommend for adoption the following amended plan for making…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Tuesday, July 7, 1853
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1853 · page 4
The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. MESSAGES. The following messages from the Governor General were received and read, viz.: A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. Wednesday, July 6, 1853. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1853 · page 2
The SPEAKER took the chair. SYDNEY WATER SUPPLY AND DRAINAGE. A message was received from the Governor General referring to an address from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Paper. Geological Surveys. Letter from the Rev. W. B. Clarke to the Honorable the Colonial Secretary, on the geological formation and auriferous character of the country between the heads of the M'Leay and Gwydir Rivers. Report No. Vii. Armidale, 14th February, 1853
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1853 · page 2
SIR—I do myself the honor of reporting to you, for the information of his Excellency the Governor General, some account of the formation and au[?]iferous character of the country which I have been occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland District Council
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 July 1853 · page 2
Yesterday the District Council met at their rooms, pursuant to adjournment, Present—the Warden, Mr. Lang, Mr. Cathrow, and Mr. Evans…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Papers. Port of Newcastle. To the honorable the members of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. The humble petition of the inhabitants of the City of Newcastle, owners, and masters of vessels trading to that port
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 July 1853 · page 4
RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH—That, from the increased shipping arriving from all parts of the world, for the purpose of receiving the superior produce of this part of the colony of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. Thursday, July 7, 1853. [We continue, by abridgment from the Herald and Empire, the report of Thursday's proceedings, from the point at which our correspondent's report concluded, as published in Saturday's Mercury.] the Estimates
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 July 1853 · page 4
The house went into committee on the Estimates for 1854. The AUDITOR GENERAL proposed the following sums for the denominational schools: Church of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. Tuesday, July 12, 1853. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1853 · page 2
The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. ASSENT TO BILLS. The SPEAKER reported that his Excellency…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Papers. Mr. William Brooks. To the Honorable the Legislative Council of New South Wales. The petition of William Brooks, of Lochend, in the county of Northumberland, now residing in Sydney, Humbly Sheweth
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1853 · page 4
That being desirous to emigrate to this colony as a free settler in the year 1826, your petitioner, then resident in London, applied to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, to ascertain…
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