Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America

STATISTICAL, HISTORICAL, AND POLITICAL DESCRIPTION - OF - THE COLONY - OF - NEW SOUTH WALES, - AND - ITS DEPENDENT SETTLEMENTS - IN - VAN DIEMEN'S LAND: - WITH A PARTICULAR ENUMERATION OF THE ADVANTAGES WHICH THESE COLONIES OFFER FOR EMIGRATION, AND THEIR SUPERIORITY IN MANY RESPECTS OVER THOSE POSSESSED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BY WILLIAM CHARLES WENTWORTH, ESQ. - A NATIVE OF THE COLONY

FOREWORD

PREFACE

PART I - NEW SOUTH WALES. - STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE SETTLEMENTS IN NEW HOLLAND.

STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE SETTLEMENTS IN VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.

PART II. - OPERATION OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE COLONY FOR THE LAST FIFTEEN YEARS.

PART III. - VARIOUS ALTERATIONS SUGGESTED IN THE PRESENT POLICY OF THIS COLONY.

PART IV. - VARIOUS CHANGES PROPOSED IN THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT.

APPENDIX. - Civil Establishment, and Public Institutions in the Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies. - Seat of Government, Sydney.