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EARLY REGULATIONS REGARDING
LICENCES FIRST ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT
 TO SETTLERS BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES.

Licenses [licences] were first issued by the Government to settlers beyond the boundary of Location in the year 1836.  The settlers were first to petition the Government to do this and to tax them for the ground they occupied. The intention of this petition being, that all those who held stations beyond the Boundaries should be respectable, & that no ground should be occupied by men of indifferent character.

Subsequently the sum of Ten pounds annually was charged by the Government for each station, Under this new regulation the Settlers found their Stock more secure, & their runs better defined.

At present persons requiring stations must either
purchase those already formed from those who hold them with the improvements made, or look out for unoccupied ground in the new Country to settle upon.
EARLY REGULATIONS

According to the early regulations Settlers beyond the Boundaries must have a Certain number of either sheep, Cattle or Horses to stock a run.  They held a license [licence] from Government for which they paid £10 yearly -. This was for the occupation of the Run and at that time an additional charge was placed upon the number of their Stock.

Say for Sheep one half penny per head
           was charged   
       For Cattle Three half pence   ''     ''   "
       For Horses Three pence, per head  "

 

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