Abridgement of Numbers in the Colony at General Muster...Ground in Cultivation...Livestock...', August 1803 (Series 35.28) - No. 0001

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Abridgement of Numbers in the Colony at General Muster August 1803, including Civil, Military, Settlers and all descriptions.

Men 2335  } Men 2203  }
Women   953 }Support themselves  Women   426 } Victd at the 
Children   820 } Children    397 } public expense
  4108     3026 Total  7134

Ground in Cultivation & [indecipherable] date August 1

To whom
  Allotted		 Acres No of different Runs
   holding Lands
Wheat Maize Barley Flax Oats Pease Beans Potatoes Fallow Pasture
The Crown 660½  300   30 Flax 30   -     6  250  80823 Officers  35   
Individuals 6450 4088  494 Oats 38½   55   256 3985¼  28014 Free from [Indecipherable] 84
Convicts Emancipates or became Free    464
                         583
Total in August 1803 7110½ 4388  524 68½   55   262 4235¼ 108837
   Do in August 1802 4945¼ 3135  263  7    ''    ''     not ascertained last year

Tame Stock in Public and Private in the Colony at the above Date, and in August 1802; also Grain in hand at these Dates

To whom belonging [Horses] Sheep Goats Hogs Hay Bushels of Wheat on hand Bushels of Maize on hand
belonging [old] [?] [?] [old] [?] [old] [?]   All 31    
The Crown   12   27  635  1165  483  837    -   -  22  27 8980 5443
Individuals  124  195 233  417 3725 6230 485 1253 4960 4090 12271 49982
Total in August 1803   136   222 868 1522 4208 7067 485 1253  4988 4117 22041 56439
Total in August 1802   118 175 720 1128 3213 5448 364 802  2495 2738 13793 17106

                                                           Remarks

The average produce of Wheat throughout the Colony may be underated at 18 Busls an acre.

The produce of Maize is Sixty Busls an acre, average at 40.

Fallow Ground means the uncultivated part of the Allotments that are cleared.

Pasture means the Lands Granted as such and uncleared.

The Weekly ration of wheat is 10 lbs & Maize 3 lbs for each full Ration

The 3026 victualled from the Stores are equal to 2663 full Rations, and it may be calculated that each full Ration stands the Crown in annually £20 each at most.

NB The Wheat Harvest will be got in in December next.

 

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