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Council & local affairs, 1836

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The last Session of the Legislative Council

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 9 January 1836 · page 2

A GREAT number of documents printed by the Council this season, which are not of sufficient importance to be published by us in full; but it is proper some notice…

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ACT No. Xvii, of 1835. 'Passed by the Honorable the Governor General of India in Council, on the 17th August, 1835

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1836 · page 4

I. BE it enacted, that from the first day of September, 1835, the undermentioned Silver Coins only shall be coined at the Mints within the Territories of the East India…

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Municipal Reform

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 10 February 1836 · page 4

THE MINISTRY HAS BETRAYED US!—The rumour to which we last week alladed, as a thing too monstrous for credibility, is verified, and one of the most flagrant instances of…

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Original Poetry. the Genit's Council

The Australian · Tuesday 23 February 1836 · page 3

A sound rose in tho Northern sky, A sound of solemn gloom, As when assembled multitudes Proclaim a tyrant's doom…

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Colonial Statistics. Squatters. Extract of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee of the Legislative Council, on Police:—

The Colonist · Thursday 25 February 1836 · page 2

T. A. Murray, Esq., J. P. called in and examined There are several parties of squatters in my neighbourhood. I detected, not long since, three men at one of their stations slaughtering one of my own cattle. I…

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MEMORIAL. To His Excellency Major-General Sir Richard Bourke, K. C.B., Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief &c. &c. &c., of the Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies, and to the Legislative Council of the Colony. The Memorial of the undersigned Magistrates, Land-owner, and Stockholders of the Colony

The Colonist · Thursday 17 March 1836 · page 2

Most respectfully sheweth:—That Your Memorialist, for some time past, have seen with the deepest concern, that a continually increasing number of the lower classes of persons,…

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To the King's Most Excellent Majesty. The Petition of the undersigned Members of Council, Magistrates, Clergy. Land-holders, Merchants, and other Free Inhabitants of New South Wales

The Australian · Friday 25 March 1836 · page 4

That your Petitioners, being deeply concerned in whatever affects the welfare of this remote portion of Your Majesty's Dominions, feel it to be their duty on the occasion of the [?] o the existing Act…

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To the King's Most Excellent Majesty. The Petition of the undersigned Members of Council, Magistrates, Clergy, Landholders, Merchants, and other Free Inhabitants of New South Wales, Most Humbly Sheweth

The Sydney Herald · Monday 28 March 1836 · page 2

That your Petitioners, being deeply concerned in whatever affect the welfare of this remote portion of Your Majesty's Dominions, feel it to be their duty, on the…

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To the Honorable the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament Assembled. The humble Petition of the undersigned Members of Council, Magistrates, Clergy, Landholders, Merchants, and other Free Inhabitants of New South Wales

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 7 April 1836 · page 2

RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH: That although the Colony of New South Wales, as regards its Agriculture, Commerce, and Revenue, presents an aspect of extraordinary…

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Colonial Statistics. Lower Canada. Meeting of the Provisional Parliament. Legislative Council Chamber. Quebec, October 27, 1835

The Colonist · Thursday 28 April 1836 · page 2

THIS day, at one o'clock, His Excellency, the Governor-in-chief came down in state to the Legislative Council-chamber, and being seated on the throne, the Gentleman Usher of the Black…

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At the Court at Brighton, the 20th day of November, 1835. PRESENT, The KING'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 17 May 1836 · page 4

WHEREAS, by an Act, passed in the session of Parliament held in the thir[?] and fourth years of His present Majesty's reign. intituled "An Act to regulate the trade of he…

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Colonial Statistics. Van Dieman's Land. Minute of His Excellency Lieutenant Governor Arthur, to the Legislative Council, on the 27th April, 1836

The Colonist · Thursday 26 May 1836 · page 2

Gentlemen, In meeting you, upon the present occasion, I have much, pleasure congratulating the Council, upon the advance made by the Colony, during the last…

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Legislative Council

The Colonist · Thursday 2 June 1836 · page 6

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct that the general objects of the following Bills, about to be brought under the consideration of the…

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The Legislative Council

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 4 June 1836 · page 2

THE Legislative Conncil commenced its sittings for the present year on Thursday. After Mr Dowling, as Acting, Chief Justice, and Mr Plunkett, as Acting Attorney…

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Meeting of the Legislative Council

The Sydney Herald · Monday 6 June 1836 · page 2

We have before us a copy of Sir Richard Bourke's address at the opening of the present sessions of the Legislative Council. It is just what we anticipated it would be…

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Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council. Thursday, 2 June, 1836

The Sydney Herald · Monday 6 June 1836 · page 2

1. Council met pursuant to summons, His Excel lency the Governor in the Chair. New Members sworn, His Honor James Dowling, Esquire, acting Chief Justice of New South…

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Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council. Friday, June 3, 1836

The Australian · Tuesday 7 June 1836 · page 2

3. His Excellency the Governor laid upon the table, an Extract of his Despatch of the 30th of September, 1833, to the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies…

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(NO. 2.) To the VICE-PRESIDENT in COUNCIL

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 9 June 1836 · page 2

HONORABLE SIR,—We beg leave to lay before your Excellency in Council, the accompanying Chart, which we have received from Mr. Samuel Ashmore, the Commander of the Brig Hibernia,…

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Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council. Tuesday, June 7, 1886

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 9 June 1836 · page 2

1. Council met pursuant to adjournment. His Excellency the Governor took the Chair, and laid upon the Table:— (1). "A Return of the Number of Criminal…

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Domestic Intelligence. Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council. Thursday, June 2

The Colonist · Thursday 9 June 1836 · page 4

1 COUNCIL met pursuant to summons, His Excellency the Governor in the Chair. New members sworn, His Honour James Dowling, Esquire, Acting Chief Justice of New South…

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