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Form of Application for Convict Labourers and Mechanics also [indecipherable] in this County, prescribed by Section 4 of the questions of 9 th May, 1835

Application of James Hassall of Matavai, in the Parish of Cook in the County of Cumberland, for Male Convicts presented to the Petty Sessions holden for the District of Campbelltown in Sept 18[indecipherable]
 

Property belonging to, or occupied by applicant, in Respect of which entitled          
NameofProperty Tota
lNumber of
Acres
Number
of Acres
Under plough
or [indecipherable]
Where Situated Nature[indecipherable]whether
byGrant,Purchase
or Lease,and if the Latter from whom, and the number of Years[indecipherable]
 
How occupied, whether personaly or by [indecipherable] or by Ticket of Leave Overseeing specifying [indecipherable]
Matavai 1250 294 Cook Purchased Personaly
Newington 230   "   Do Grant Free Overseer
Woodstock 420   58   Do [indecipherable]   Do
Burrooa 1280   50 King Purchase Free Overseer J Smith
Etonballon 1920 30 Do   Do   Do
Cooks Bali 1920 20 Geogianmor   Do  P Stoky
Maxington 220  " Cook   Do  
[indecipherable] Vale 135   20 Parramatta  Wili H Reynolds Ticket of leave

 

John Laidlaw

Yours of the _by hand I was very glad to hear by it that you were alive and kicking after your various [indecipherable] boils and blisters and other accidents pertaining to horseflesh and cattle hunting is to be [indecipherable] I hope you had the forethought it but a fathers benidiction on poor franks venerable head When he was going through his Gymnastic exercise with you I [indecipherable] predict for managing a Summers bull as that is more than I can do as I am practicing every evening as we have got a horizontal Bar here but I have not reached perfection

I believe [indecipherable] Lessers storeman is  [indecipherable] little Sinclair was telling me he got the Sack as he was  [indecipherable] the Modus Operandi was this his  [indecipherable] came into the kitchen for his breakfast and the  [indecipherable] was standing in the Middle of the floor when it happened to fly  [indecipherable] without any ceremony  [indecipherable] then the teapot in which the tea was for his breakfast was [indecipherable] in the sam manner the chops or steaks was the first time [indecipherable] there Belly in that way

 

 

 

 

 

 

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