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BRG 42/5 Correspondence of Company 1836–1851, 1855

Transcribed by Peter Anson, Volunteer at the State Library of , 2011

[Beginning with the Solway in 1837, and continuing until 1864, there were some 108 emigrant ship departures from Bremen/ in (then ) bound for Port . By 1855 German emigrants and their children already constituted over 8% of the population of South Australia.

Under the auspices of an association between , a founding Director and Chair of the (based in ), and Pastor August Kavel, a deposed and exiled Lutheran Minister, the first wave of a diaspora of Prussian Lutherans escaping persecution in their homeland had been facilitated to sail to South Australia in the Bengalee and the Prince George in 1838.

Included in this series is an extract of correspondence dated 1838 from Edmund J Wheeler (original Manager of the South Australian Company) regarding the departure of the Bengalee, which contains a reference to Robert V. Swaine, the Company’s agent at Hamburg.

Also included in this series are extracts of later correspondence from 1844 to 1849 between Robert V. Swaine and David McLaren (after McLaren’s transfer from Adelaide to London to be Manager of the South Australian Company based there) and between David McLaren and another principal character, Edward Delius, the Company’s Agent in Bremen who toured southeastern Germany garnering interest and facilitating the emigration of large numbers of Silesian Lutherans.

By Katherine Hurley, Volunteer at the State Library of South Australia, who reformatted and clarified the context and order of the letters, 2013.]

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BRG 42/5/1 [New document] London April 11 1836 To Messrs. the Committee of the South Australian Compy. [from Charles S. Hare] Gentn. In accordance with your suggestion of offering my services to you, allow me to make a few observations respecting the nature, application, and remuneration of those services. – The present, and specific nature of those services, I understand to be those of an Accountant, K keeping, your Books, and conducting your colonial correspondence, &c – The general application of my services, I understand to be for the general Interest of the Company in their multifarious operations for which purposes I presume, my habits, & character, will eminently qualify me, having paid much attention to the subject of Colonization, travelling in and enquiring among the various settlements, of French, German Scotch [overleaf] Swiss & English Settlements, in the Canadas and Americas – I have directed my attention to obtaining practical information, on the management and sub-duing, virgin Earths, the felling and appropriation of Forest Timbers, the use of the Mechanic Sciences, Engineering, Building &c The Improvement of Stock, and Grass Lands, Indian Corns, and the various pulses for their maintainance. I may presume that I could be of the most essential Services, in the article of salted provisions, having been many years in the House of Messrs. Jordaine & Shaw the Govt Provision Contracters.– In a word to use Mr. Stephens idea, become a consulting associate with him. – You will readily perceive the juxta position, which agriculture will assume in this new Colony and that an individual who has cultivated virgin soils, in new settlements, under the same parallels, must necessarily be much more adapted to operations of this description, than an at-home agriculturalist The remuneration according to our mutual Ideas is to be ₤200 per annum, for 3 years spread in any agreed proportions over that time – always understanding that you will ultimately apportion your remuneration, according to my energy and its profitable result to you I am Gentn. Your very obedt humble Servt. Chas. S. Hare [Post script] Say £150. £200 & £250} per Annum for 3 yrs } C. S. Hare

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BRG 42/5/2 [New document] [from] South Australian Company April 12th 1836 [to] Mr. Charles Simeon Hare London Sir, I have to inform you that \at/ a meeting of the Committee of Management of the South Australian Company held on Tuesday April 12th.1836 it was resolved that you should be engaged for the term of three years to the Directors of the South Australian Company, giving the whole of your services to the Compy, as Book keeper, accountant and otherwise as the Interests of the Compy may require; at the Salary of for the first year ₤150 – for the second year ₤200 – for the third year ₤250. or as long as your good conduct may prove satisfactory to the Directors. – or their Manager. The Salary & period of service to commence and to be dated from the day on which you land in the Colony and on the condition that the Compy yourself and Wife with a free passage to the Colony, and that you agree to the following provisions; viz: that you will embark from England on board the “Emma”, at such a time as they may direct and continue by the Ship until your arrival in the Colony, that you will not embark in any trade or other occupation during the time you are in the Compy’s service, that you will at all times proceed to such place and perform such labours and fulfil such duties the same [overleaf] being lawful as they shall direct. You will have the goodness to transmit an immediate answer stating whether or not you consent to enter the Companys Service on the terms & for the time proposed. (Signed) } G F Angas Chairman } T Pirie [Below] I certify that the above is a true copy of the original F C Hopkins.

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BRG 42/5/3 [New document] [to the South Australian Co. from Charles S. Hare] 17 Whitmore Road Hoxton April 12 1836 Gentn. In reply to your communication of to days date I beg permission to state my agreement with and acceptance of those terms stated in yours to me as the Engagement between us I am Gentn Your Most obedt Sert Chas. S. Hare. [Below] To the Directors of the South Austn Compy.

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BRG 42/5/4 [New document] London 20th April 1836 To the Directors of the South Australian Company [from Charles S. Hare] Gentn. As there are several articles bought by you & placed under my charge, which cannot be enumerated in your Bills of Lading p the Emma. I have specified the whole of them at foot, & hereby declare that they are the Cos. property entrusted to me & to be delivered up by me when required so to do I am Gent Your Most Obt. Servt. Chas. S. Hare [Below] Witness F C Hopkins. [In pencil] Obstetricy Brot. up 7 3 “ Blundell on Electricity  1 1 “ Billing Medicine “ 6 “  Abernethy on Surgery  “ 8 “ Lawrence on Man “ 8 6  Burnetts Botany  1 1 “ Coombe on Man “ 4 “  Coopers Surgery  “ 18 “ Forsyths Chemistry “ 8 “ Armstrongs Lectures  “ 16 “ Medical Hints “ 3 6  Grahams Medicine “ 16 “ Randell on Bones “ 5 “  Blaines Vetinary Art  1 4 “ Litchfields advice to Mothers “ 3 6  Kellys Book Keeping “ 7 “ Castles introduction to Botany “ 5 “  Castle Synopsis “ 4 6 Ures Geology 1 1 “ Robinson “ 7 6 Ures Dictionary 1 1 “ Carried forwd. 7 3 “ Carried forwd. 11 8 6

Brot. up 11 8 6 Memoirs of Cherlin “ 5 “ Castle on Surgery 10 6  Spursheims Phrenology “ 7 “  Hack Geology Sketches “ 9 “ Wate on Gums “ 5 6  Bele Sperm Whale “ 3 “ Dany Agricultural “ 15 “ Beneliurs Numeralogy “ 6 “ ₤ 14 9 6 – ₤ 14. 9. 6

1 Case Pocket Instruments} complete} ₤ 2” - ” - 1-½ doz Extra Lances -12” - 2” 12” - 17” 1” 6 Case for Books “ 5” - 17” 6” 6

I hereby engage to return to the South Austn Co Counting House – such Books and instruments as I have as noted in the above list. C. S. Hare Adelaide Octr. 10th. 1839 [Vertical annotation on reverse side in centre fold] 1836 C. S. Hare Acknowledgement of Books &c 20 April

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BRG 42/5/5 [New document] London 20th April 1836 To the Directors of the South Australian Company [from Charles S. Hare] Gent, In connection with our mutual agreement under date of 11th & 12th Inst. for the Company to have my services (as therein specified) for the term of three years at a salary for the first year of One Hundred & Fifty Pounds for the second year Two Hundred Pounds & for the third & last year of Two Hundred & fifty Pounds, which term of three years is to commence from the day of my landing in South Australia. I now beg to confirm that agreement & also to acknowledge the receipt from you (through your Chairman G F Angas Esqr) of the sum of Fifty Pounds \[witness initials] Wm W J Sixty Pounds C. S. Hare/ which has been advanced to me on account of Salary hereafter to become due & which with interest on the same I hereby engage shall be repaid by me to your Colonial Manager Samuel Stephens Esqr or your properly appointed Agent there, within the period of my engagement viz three years say Twelve Pounds during the first year & the remainder before the end of the second year I am Gent Your Most Obt. Sert. Charles S. Hare [Post script] Say £60 – C S. Hare 21 April 1836 Wm W Jeffrey Witness Paid the additional sum of Ten Pounds to make the advance Sixty Pounds as above [initials] [EJW?] The Lease deposited in the hands of the Chairman will be delivered up on repayment of the above sum [Vertical annotation on reverse side in centre fold] Agreement with Mr. Hare Acknowledgement of Advance [in pencil] 11 April 1836 [below] To the Directors of the South Australian Compy.

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BRG 42/5/6 [New document] [Bundle of four letters bound in the margin with green ribbon] [Title page with centred heading] Correspondence with the Commissioners in reference to Lands for Exclusive Pasturage [On new page] 19th January 1837 – [to] Rowland Hill Esq. [from Edmund J. Wheeler] Dear Sir I have the pleasure to acknowledge receipt of your favor of 7th inst. & now beg to say, that in going further into the details of our proposed arrangements for creating a tenantcy in South Australia, some thoughts have suggested themselves in reference to lands “exclusive pasturage which induce me to put the following questions for my guidance 1st. Is any application to the Commissioners in England necessary to enable the Company to procure the quantity of pasturage they are at liberty to claim in virtue of their purchase or has the Colonial Commissioner (Mr Fisher) full instructions & power to grant whatever quantity the Company’s Manager or Agent may apply for? 2nd. Would any objection be felt on the part of the Commissioners to extend the lease of the Company’s lands for exclusive pasturage from 3 years to 7 years 3rd. May not the Company hope that your Board will instruct the Colonial Commissioner Mr Fisher to do every thing he can to avoid dispossessing the Company or its under tenants of their pasture land in occupation & removing them to other portions of unsold lands 4th. Should it be absolutely indispensable to sell any portion of such pasture land occupied by the Company or its under tenants, will your Board give directions to Mr Fisher that the unsold portions allotted in its stead shall be situated as near as possible to the freehold lands occupied by the Company or its under tenants if requested by the Company’s Manager or Agent. 5th. Am I not right in the opinion that by virtue of the Company’s purchase the rent (of the portion of pasture lands due to them) will always be 10 \s/ /- sterling p square mile 6th. As the regulations issued by your Board intimate in clause 34 that the conditions for the leasing of pasture lands will be among others as are therein expressed can I be favored with a copy of the proposed form of lease or any particulars as to the nature of the other conditions alluded to? – As the answer to these enquiries will in a degree affect the arrangements before mentioned, may I request the favor of an early communication, the kind promise of the co-operation of the Commissioners causing me to anticipate a satisfactory solution to my enquiries I am Dear Sir Your Obt Sert (Signed) Edmund J Wheeler

[from Rowland Hill of] South Australian Colonial Office [to Edmund J Wheeler] January 25th 1837 Dear Sir, The Colonization Commissioners for South Australia having had under their consideration your letter letter of the 19th. instant, with reference to the leases for Pasturage have directed me to reply to your queries as follows – 1st. 5th. & 6th. Queries – The Colonial Commissioner has been authorized to grant leases without previous application to the Commissioners in England in the terms stated in the printed regulations with the following modification made on the 22nd. August 1836 “That the following be substituted for the 8th. article of the “Further Regulations for the disposal of Lands in the Colony of South Australia”, under date December 12th. 1835 (34th. article of the Printed regulations.)

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“Leases of the pasturage of unsold Lands shall be granted on the following conditions among others – “The term to be three years, the tenant having a right of renewal in preference to any other applicant. Cultivation of the soil & the felling of Timber to be disallowed – The land or any portion of it, to be liable to sale, and if sold, the lease to terminate on a notice of two months, the tenant having a right of renewal to unsold portions – The yearly rent to be Forty shillings sterling per square mile, but this regulation not to apply to proprietors of land contracted to be purchased before the 31st. August 1836 – No lease to contain any fractional part of a square mile of pasturage” It has been thought best to invest the Colonial Commissioner with very extensive powers, in order that he may be at liberty to adopt such modes of proceeding as may be suggested by local knowledge and by experience – With reference, therefore, to the disposal of lands and pasturage he has simply been instructed to adopt that course which may seem to him most in accordance with the principle of the South Australian Act, and of the printed regulations – consequently the form of lease and such conditions as are not specified in the Act or in the printed regulations are left to his discretion – 2nd. and 3rd. Queries – By referring to the 6th. section of the Act you will perceive that the Commissioners can exercise no discretion in these respects – 4th. Query. – The choice of pasturage will rest with the Company’s Agents; all parties having a right in the order of application, to select any pasturage which may at the time be unoccupied – I remain Dear Sir, Your obedient servant. (signed) Rowland Hill –

26th January 1837 [to] Rowland Hill Esq [from Edmund J Wheeler] Dear Sir I am favored with yours of 25th inst noticing my enquiries as to the terms made &c of leasing pasturage in South Australia in reply to which I beg to remark that the answer given by you the 1st. 5th. & 6th. queries occasions some little degree of surprise so far as it relates to the modification made on the 22 August last in the rent of pasture land as the Company have never before your present letter received the slightest intimation thereof. They have had occasion since August last to make 2 or 3 applications for the regulations issued by the Commissioners for the sale of land & the last very recently (scarce a month ago if that) which form has been (in a degree) their guide in preparing a memorandum of lease for farming tenants & such regulations do not at all notice the modification but still express that the rent to proprietors in the Colony would be 10 \s/ /- p square mile & 40/- to non proprietors & in order to prove my statement I take the liberty to enclose 1 for your inspection. As the Company purchased all the land they now hold previous to the 31st August 1836. I presume that your Board in London & Mr Fisher in South Australia clearly admit that the Company are only to pay rent for the Pasturage at the rate of 10/. p square mile for every 40 acres of freehold land bought by them prior to the aforesaid date & that should any quantity of such pasture land be sold that the rent for the unsold portion allotted in its stead will still be at the rate of 10/. p square mile – I beg further to respectfully to remark that at the Company holding so large a tract of land & having expended large sums in or connected with South Australia are most deeply interested in every thing relative to that province & alterations by the Commissioners in their rules such as the present may deeply affect their interests & materially influence their consultations, the Directors feel they are only requesting of your Board what is due in courtesy to every one extensively connected with the Colony when they solicit the favor of having the earliest

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[from Rowland Hill of] South Australian Colonial Office [to Edmund J Wheeler] Adelphi Terrace 2nd. Feb 1837 Dear Sir The Colonization Commissioners for South Australia having had under their consideration your letter of the 26th Ulto. with reference to the leases of pasturage I am directed in reply to call your attention to the fact that, as stated in the modified regulation communicated in my letter of the 25th. Ulto. that regulation does not apply to proprietors of land contracted to be purchased before the 31st August 1836, and that as the Company’s purchases were made before such time, there was obviously no reason for the regulation being especially communicated to the Company The printed regulations were altered by hand though it appears that some unaltered copies have accidentally fallen into your possession As the new regulation does not apply to the Company’s purchase it necessarily follows that whatever privileges attached originally to that purchase are altogether unaffected by it. The Companys privileges as to pasturage are therefore in the present state of things precisely such as are stated in the 34th. Article of the printed regulations dated Feby 15th. 1836. At the same time the Commissioners cannot pledge themselves or their successors never to alter the terms on which the leases of pasturage may hereafter be granted Whenever any alteration of the in the regulations has been made affecting the interests of the Company the Commissioners have invariably given instructions that information of such alteration shall be transmitted to the Company’s Office; and I beg you will assure the Directors that there is no intention on the part of the Commissioners to deviate from this course I remain Dear Sir Your obt Sert signed (Rowland Hill) Edmund J Wheeler Esq [Initials in bottom left margin] HH [Vertical annotation on reverse side of bundle in centre fold] 1837 Copy – 19. Jany /37 Correspondence about Pasturage –– 4 Novr. To be retained at Kingscote in meantime Copy understood to have been sent to Adelaide 1 Novr. [in pencil] E. J. Wheeler

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BRG 42/5/7 [New document] [In top margin] Original Copy [Heading] Correspondence between Colonization Commissioners & South Australian Company about Bank Agency, Drafts &c. [from Rowland Hill of] South Australian Colonial Office [to Colonization Commissioners] Adelphi Terrace [Adelaide] Aug. 19th 1837 Gentlemen I am directed to acquaint you that the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia have appointed you their Agents at Adelaide for the Colony of South Australia. Your Agency will necessarily extend to various Cash transactions, & particularly to the negotiation of Bills drawn for the purpose of the Colony upon the Commissioners – The Commissioners have full confidence in the Officers of the Colony that no bills will be transmitted to you for circulation which are not correct both in form & amount, but in the execution of an important public trust, they feel that they cannot act with too much caution, & I am therefore instructed to inform you that you are not, either by giving circulation to Bills, or in any way whatever to commit them to more than the sum of Three thousand pounds, in any one year, until you receive further instructions. Should it be necessary for the purpose of facilitating the circulation of Bills, that you should endorse them, you are at liberty so to do, & the Commissioners will guarantee your endorsement, provided the limit above mentioned be not exceeded. The only person authorized to draw Bills upon the Commissioners is Mr Osmond Gilles, the Colonial Treasurer, & his bills must all be signed also Mr the Colonial Commissioner & accompanied with a letter of advice, & should any be offered to you for negotiation which are not in correct form, you are not to circulate them, but \to/ recommend it to the holders to send them back to the Colony to be made complete, as any which are not so will be refused acceptance here – A printed form of Bill will be adopted, & a copy of it sent to you as soon as possible – I am Gentlemen Your Obt Sert. (Signed) Rowland Hill Secretary

[from Edmund J Wheeler of] South Australian Company London 25th Augt. 1837. [to] R. Hill Esq I am instructed by the Board of Directors of the South Australian Co. to acknowledge receipt of your favor of 19th Inst. (which only reached me on 22nd) communicating their appointment as Agents to the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia at “Adelaide” & expressing their wishes as to the negotiation of Bills drawn by the Commissioner’s Officers. In reply I am desired to state that the Directors accept the Agency, with thanks for the confidence reposed in them, & they presume the connection will not be confined to Adelaide but extend to any other towns in South Australia at which the Colonial Government may have occasion to transact business – A copy of your communication will be transmitted (in duplicate) by the first opportunities to the Company’s chief Manager with instructions to attend thereto, but in order to place the subject clearly before him I should be glad of 2 or 3 spare forms of Bills to accompany the dispatch – The Directors would be obliged by your informing me from what time it is expected the year (by which your limit is regulated) will commence, & the recommend that it be calculated from the receipt of the letter in South Australia (the Original of which goes by the “Royal Admiral”) as until known in the Colony, both their own & the Commissioners Officers would be ignorant of the arrangements. They would also wish to know, whether from the death or absence of either the Colonial Treasurer or Commissioner other Officers drawing Bills & presenting them for negotiation are to be attended to. –

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In conclusion the Directors request me to state, that they presume the present arrangements does not affect any Bills on the Commissioners, that may be remitted from South Australia, prior to its being notified in the Colony for not being aware (until your letter of 19th.) that a restriction would be place on the amount of the Colonial Bills, their Agents were desired to give reasonable accommodation to your Officers in the settlement – I am Sir Your Obt Sert. (Signed) Edmund J Wheeler Manager

[from Rowland Hill of] South Australian Colonial Office [to Edmund J Wheeler] Adelphi Terrace [Adelaide] Augt. 31. 1837. Dear Sir I am desired by the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia to state in reply to your letter of 25th. Inst. with reference to the Company’s Agency that as your advices to your Agents will probably reach the Colony about the end of the present year, the Commissioners propose that the arrangement should commence with the year 1838. – With respect to any previous transactions, they must of course stand upon the same footing as heretofore – The Instrument of Delegation appointing the Colonial Commissioner – Names Wm Light Esqre. as his successor & in case of Col. Light’s incapacity or Death, Esq. The Commissioners will consider the question of a successor to the Treasurer in case of his death, & inform the Company of the result – I remain Sir Your’s &c &c (Signed) Rowland Hill [In bottom left margin] EJ. Wheeler Esq. [In bottom right margin] (Over)

[from Rowland Hill of] South Australian Colonial Office [to South Australian Co.] Septr. 16th. 1837. Gentlemen Agreeably with my letter of the 19th. Ulto. I have the honor by direction of the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia to enclose three copies of the printed form of Bill of Exchange to be used by the Colonial Treasurer. I am Gentlemen Your Obt. Sert. (signed) Rowland Hill [Below] The Directors of the South Australian Co. [Initials] HH [Annotation written vertically in centre fold] 1837 16th Septr. Original Copy Correspondence with Commissioners about Bank Agency Drafts &c Colonization Commission [In pencil] 24 June to 29 Septr. Rowland Hill

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BRG 42/5/8 [New document] [In top margin] (Copy) [to] Mr E J Wheeler Sir I am desirous of paying Mrs Stevens the Sum of one hundred Pounds (₤100) due to her under the Will of her late Brother, I am also desirous she should empower some person to receive whatever may be due to her from the Residue, it is likewise desirable Mr Beare should empower some person to receive on his behalf whatever is due to him from the residue – The legacies to Mrs Drew & Mrs Snaggs will be paid immediately & therefore I am anxious to pay Mrs Stevens that she may have an equal advantage in receiving the Money as early as she can – If you have any arrangement under the Rules of the Society for carrying into effect my intentions I shall have great pleasure in adopting them – I am Sir Your Obt. Sert. (Signed) Fred. R Fisher [Below] Salisbury Octr 12. 1837 [Initials] [MP?] [Vertical annotation on reverse side in centre fold] 1837 Original Copy Mr. Fisher’s letter on Beare’s Affairs [in pencil] Oct 12

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BRG 42/5/9 [New document] [Bundle of three letters bound in the margin with green ribbon] [Heading in top margin] Copy Correspondence with Commissioners about “Surveys” Duplicate pr “Canton” Original pr “Trusty” [to R. Hill Esq of] South Australian Compy. [from Edmund J Wheeler] London 14th. Novr. 1837. Dear Sir I am instructed by the Board of Directors of this Company to acquaint you that by the recent arrival of the “Rapid” they are in receipt of despatches from South Australia which compel them reluctantly to complain against the Colonization Commissioners & the Colonial Authorities. It is now nearly two years since the large extent of land in that Province owned by the Company was bought and paid for upon the express understanding that early possession was to be given, it is nearly 2 years since the departure of the first portion of their servants who by the last accounts had been in the Colony near 12 months, & who were then unable to occupy one single acre of country land, & had little prospect of doing so considerable time longer – Relying on the early possession of their lands, the Company have to the present time been forwarding numerous bodies of officers & laborers with large quantities of stores at an expense of many thousand Pounds, & one paying weekly very large sums in wages, & they will sustain a serious loss for want of a proper field for their employment they have also sent out several farmers with their men as their tenants & have concluded contracts with others never expecting any impediment to the immediate cultivation of the soil, & these people with a limited capital inadequate of itself for their support, must be totally ruined if delay ensue – It is not for this Company to charge the blame to individual parties but they must observe & they do it with respect their representations are facts, & facts for which the superior authorities are responsible. The Directors however feel assured that your Board will see the propriety of prompt attention to this alarming state of the Colony, & they would suggest as topics for consideration by the Commissioners with other remedies That the surveying staff should be immediately increased That to save the lengthened period required for an accurate Survey it should in the first instance be of the running kind, upon the understanding that after the location of the Settlers, a final and more accurate one should be made, & any errors on either side rectified. That the Company should be put in immediate possession of the land at on which they have commenced their operations, and be allowed to select any further quantity there they may wish. That the Colonization Commissioners should embrace the earliest opportunity of sending out large bodies of laborers to meet the wants of the Settlers. The Directors feel it due to the interests of their Shareholders to observe that having reason to apprehend the Company may suffer very considerable loss from this delay they may be obliged to seek compensation for all the [Annotation in bottom left margin] R Hill Esqr &c &c [Initials] [?] [overleaf] damages it may cause them. You would perhaps favor me with an outline of the remedial measures proposed by the Commissioners as soon as they have decided thereon & assuring you of the readiness of the Company to co-operate (if possible) in any plan by which the welfare of the Colony may be promoted I am, Dear Sir, Your Obedt Sert. (Signed) Edmund J Wheeler, [Post script] I beg to hand you the enclosed copy of a letter of a letter just received from Mr. Strangeway’s whose suggestion may be worth your notice

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[In top margin] Duplicate Copy [from Rowland Hill of] South Australian Colonial Off. [to Directors of the South Australian Co.] 18th. November 1837 Gentn. I have laid before the Colonization \Commissioners/ for South Australia Mr. Wheeler’s letter of the 13th. inst. with reference to the progress of the surveys the evils resulting therefrom, & the measures which you recommend for effecting in a short time such a survey as will enable the holders of the Preliminary Land Orders to select their country sections. The Commissioners are well aware of the evils which must result from any delay in the selection of lands & they at once admit that the surveys have not been conducted with that rapidity which the settlers had a right to expect, & which the Commissioners intended to secure. They are of opinion however that the view taken in Mr. Wheeler’s letter of the extent of delay is an erroneous & exaggerated one, & in support of this opinion they have only to call your attention to the conditions of the Act of Parliament, which renders it imperative that the lands in question should be sold, not only before any survey could possibly have taken place, but before a single surveyor could be appointed, or a single shilling expended in preparation The holders of the Preliminary Land Orders made their purchases in the full knowledge of these facts. The low price of land– the right of first choice, & the included town acre, were however advantages which in their estimation more than counterbalanced the disadvantage of the unavoidable delay, & that they judged wisely, & have no reason to regret having embarked their capital notwithstanding that the delay has been greater than was anticipated, is proved by the present high price (considerably more than double the first cost) of the original Land Orders. With respect to the early departure of your servants as that departure took place before even the surveyors had left this Country, & six months before the departure of the Governor, the Commissioners take it for granted, that you had objects in view independent of the occupation of your land. The Commissioners were in no respect parties to such an arrangement, & are therefore in no degree responsible for the results. With reference to the Circumstances which have led to the unfortunate delay in the surveys the Commissioners do not consider that they are as yet fully explained The Commissioners did every thing in their power to guard against the evil. They entrusted the direction of the surveys to a gentleman of high reputation– they supplied him with all the instruments & tools which he required– they took his advice as to the number of subordinate officers & laborers, & they even made a considerable addition to both, after they had been pronounced sufficient by the Surveyor General. Having thus secured as they believed an amply sufficient surveying party the Commissioners did not consider themselves [Annotation in bottom left margin] The Directors of the South Australian Company [overleaf] justified in increasing the charges on the Colony by further appointments– On hearing from private sources rumours that the surveys are not proceeding with the desired rapidity, & before any distinct statement to that effect had been made by yourselves or other land holders, the Commissioners submitted a statement of the surveying strength, & of the work to be performed, to a gentleman of high reputation as a scientific surveyor– Capn. Dawson RE whose report fully confirmed their own opinion of the sufficiency of the Surveying Staff– And it may here be mentioned, that since the arrival of Mr. Kingston, Capn. Dawson availing himself of that gentleman’s knowledge of the country, has reconsidered his report, & has confirmed & strengthened his first conclusions– A copy of Capn. Dawson’s report was transmitted to the Colonial Commissioner by the “Lord Goderich” with instructions to call the attention of the Surveyor General to it, as a means of preventing further delay, in case the rumours which have reached the Commissioners, should prove correct. With reference to the present emergency, the Commissioners again availing themselves of Capn. Dawson’s valuable aid, have adopted a course similar to that suggested in Mr. Wheeler’s letter. Instructions will be despatched by the next vessel for effecting a

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______running survey on a plan, which, altho’ sufficiently accurate for immediate purposes, may, according to Capn. Dawson’s estimate, be completed in one month from its commencement, & this, without any addition to the present surveying strength, except as respects laborers & instruments– In order however to be entirely on the safe side, the Commissioners will immediately appoint two experienced surveyors (directing the Surveyor General to dismiss the same number of the present officers) & if they can be obtained, six discharged sappers who have been employed in the Ordnance Survey– The Commissioners are also considering the propriety of advancing the salaries of the more efficient surveyors so as to render the appointment a more desirable one– The present low salaries, contrasted with the high expectations of independent settlers, is probably one cause of the present difficulty– The necessity, under the circumstances of the case, of effecting a running survey is so obvious that the Commissioners hope to find that course will have been adopted without waiting for instructions from England– As already stated, the Commissioners do not consider the delay in the surveys as having been as yet satisfactorily explained; they are, however, inclined to attribute it chiefly to the want of union & vigorous co-operation which unfortunately exists among the superior authorities of the Colony, the effect has been to harass the mind of the Surveyor General, & to affect some of the subordinate officers in a very mischievous manner– Great allowance must also be made for the peculiar difficulties of the service– With reference to the supply of labour the Commissioners have already adopted measures for increasing it to the extent of their means– They wish to remind you however, that they have never objected to send any number of labourers selected by yourselves, & that the supply of labour, with reference to the extent of land to be occupied, was necessarily reduced by the [overleaf] reduction of price from 20/. to 12/. to which the Commissioners reluctantly assented on your own urgent representations– With respect to your proposed occupation of land in Kangaroo Island the Commissioners have only to refer you to the rules & regulations under which land has been sold to satisfy you that such an arrangement is impracticable– The Commissioners have entered on this full statement, because they are at all times ready to explain their conduct to parties, who like yourselves, have a deep interest in the success of the Colony, and because they feel conscious of having zealously discharged the important duties with which Her Majesty’s Government has entrusted them– I am, Gentn. Your most Obedt Sert, (Signed) Rowland Hill.

[Subheading] Duplicate Copy [to Rowland Hill of South Australian Colonial Office from Edmund J Wheeler of] South Australian Compy. London 1st. Decr. 1837. Dear Sir, I am instructed by the Directors of this Company to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 18th. ult. addressed to them, & only received on the 21st. in answer to my communication on behalf of this Co. on the state of the Colony of South Australia made known by the recent despatches from thence– It is not the wish of the Directors of The South Australian Company to put forth erroneous or exaggerated statement, & as they do not think their remarks will admit of that description they do \not/ admit the reasons assigned by you sufficient to induce them to consider the application improper– It is true that the Act of Parliament requires the sales of the land before Surveyors could be appointed or any preparations made, but the Directors conceive the invariable understanding in every purchase (unless expressly stipulated to the contrary) is, that early possession is to be given, & that the whole of the original orders were bought notwithstanding their peculiar advantage

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______which were also granted as inducements to embark property in an unknown country in the belief that such would be the case while it cannot be supposed that any of the first purchasers ever contemplated the delay that has ensued. The early departure of the Company’s servants was entirely for the prosecution of objects, besides the immediate occupation of their land but was not confined thereto as evinced by our absolute purchase of 320 acres on Kangaroo Island although a small portion of their people sailed prior to that period & the Governor[,] the greater body did not go till long after the time it was originally announced those functionaries would depart. The Directors are gratified to learn that the Commissioners are adopting measures for the completion of the Surveys, but they would suggest that the number of efficient persons to be sent should be further increased & that they with such laborers as may be deemed advisable should immediately proceed in two parties by two distinct vessels that in case of accident to the one the other might be expected to arrive in safety The Directors are aware that the Colonization Commissioners have not as [overleaf] a measure objected to send laborers selected by them but until the last few months your Board required that all laborers should be engaged for at least one year certain & the Company would not have been justified in incurring so great a responsibility as the unconditional hire of the full number of laborers they were entitled to send– Had the contemplated measure of the Commissioners as promulgated last autumn, viz, the sending of 300 able laborers been carried out, much difficulty would have been obviated, & it must be remembered by the Commissioners that in the spring of this year, the Company drew their attention to the importance of supplying the deficiency thus occasioned in the marking force of the Colony by forwarding considerable numbers of laborers, & the Directors could have wished that more had been despatched than the Commissioners have done– The statement you make of the price of land being reduced from 20/- to 12/- p acre at the urgent representations of the Company, & reluctantly acceded to by the Commissioners excites no little surprize on the part of the Directors– They are in possession of one of your circulars dated 1st. Oct. 1835 by which it appears the reduction had been effected prior to that date, but the South Australian Company was not formed until some time afterwards. I have Communicated your statement to our Chairman who authorizes me to say that the Board of Commissioners of which he was a member at the time was induced to lower the value of land from 20/- to 12/- p acre because they could not dispose of sufficient land at 20/- to realize the amount required by the Act to be effected He also observes that had he not with his friends raised the money to purchase the large quantity of land deficient by which also he was enabled to establish the South Australian Company, it is almost certain the South Australian Colony would never have come into existence & the minutes of the Colonization Commissioners will fully establish these facts” The assurance to the Company of the land they occupied in Kangaroo Island with the option of selecting any further quantity there did not appear to the Board as rendered impracticable by the rules & regulations referred to They had purchased a certain quantity on that island & had no delay occurred in the allotment of the lands they would doubtless have been ere now in full possession of the spot in which their servants were located. But through that circumstance an uncertainty exists of a most injurious tendency the occupation of a barren spot, the foundation of a town, & the improvement of the neighbourhood, have been secured by their capital, by their exertions & by the labours, hardships, & self denial of their servants in dependence on the justice of the Commissioners, for them to be preserved against suffering from the non-completion of the Surveys, & if others who have expended with funds our efforts are allowed to reap the lawful advantages of the Company, it will be unjust and illiberal– All the Company require is the fair fruits of their enterprize which other settlers have shrunk from, and in securing to them the lands they occupied no injury is done to other land holders no breach is made in the regulations of the Commissioners which would not be fully warranted by the peculiar circumstances of the case.

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Thanking you on behalf of the Directors for the full statement you have entered into I am &c (signed) Edmund Wheeler [Vertical annotation in bottom left margin in brown ink] 1837 duplicate Copy Correspondence about Surveys [In pencil] 14 [In brown ink] Novr. [In pencil] E J Wheeler

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BRG 42/5/10 [New document] [In top margin] (Copy) [from Edward Stephens of] South Australian Company Adelaide 4th. Novr. 1837. [to] The Hon. J. H. Fisher [Registrar and Resident Commissioner] Sir, In compliance with instructions received from the Directors in England, and communicated to you by the Manager for the Colony, by letter of the 1st. instant. I beg to enquire. 1st. Whether in the event of the Company now purchasing 4 or 6 thousand acres of Land immediate payment will be required 2ndly. In what manner that payment will have to be made, whether by Bills on England or in the Company’s Notes, whether the amount will be drawn out in the colony in specie. 3dly. Whether in the event of the Company now making this purchase, they can rely upon having a priority of Sec/elec\tion over future purchasers, and whether that object could not be attained by the Coy guaranteeing to purchase when the land was ready. I should be glad also if you could inform me, what progress is making in the Survey department, and whether it is likely the Coy can obtain any of their country sections before we could write to, and receive a reply from the Directors in England. I have the honor to be Sir Yr most obt St (Signed) Edwd. Stephens [P ?] Manager

[to Edward Stephens from the Hon. J. H. Fisher] Adelaide 6 Novr. 1837. Sir, I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th Instant, and to inform you in reply, that in the event of the South Australian Coy now purchasing 4 or 6 thousand Acres of Land, immediate payment will be required, and that such payment may be made by the Dft of the Company on the South Australian Bank accepted by you, as Cashier of the Bank, which Dft should be made payable to Osmond Gilles Esqre Colonial Treasurer to the Colonization Commissrs. who will pay it into the South Australian Bank that the amount [overleaf] may be credited in the account of George Barnes Esq the Treasurer of the Commissrs. in England. In the event of the Company now making this purchase they would have a priority of Selection over future purchasers in the order of application for the land but that object could not be attained by the Company guarranteeing to purchase when the Land was ready. I am not able to answer so satisfactorily as I should wish your last question as to the progress of the Survey and obtaining possession of the Country Sections, without first referring to the Surveyor General but I think their cannot be much doubt that such possession could be obtained before you could write to, and receive a reply from, the Directors in England. I am Sir Yr most Obt. St. (signed) J H Fisher Colonial Commissioner [Below] E. Stephens Esqr [Vertical annotation in centre fold] [In pencil] 4 [In ink] Nov. 1837 Copy of Letters to J H. Fisher of the 4th Instant \Novemr/ on the Subject of purchasing Land. E S. to J. H. F. Copy of letter to E. Stephens Esqre. of the 6th. Instant \Novr./ in reply to the above. Recd. at Kingscote 19 Novr.

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BRG 42/5/11 [New document] [Heading] Copy of correspondence with the Colonization Commissioners about the price of Land [Annotation in left margin in red ink] Reply to No. 1 [from Rowland Hill of] South Australian Colonization Office [to E J Wheeler] Adelphi Terrace, June 16th 1838. Sir, In reply to your letter of the 13th Inst enquiring whether the Commissioners propose altering the present price of land and what notice will be given in case of such alteration I have to acquaint you that the Commissioners have no present intention of advancing the price of land; and that should they advance it, a notice of at least six months will be given in this Country, and two months in the Colony I am Sir Your obedient Servant, signed) Rowland Hill [Below] E J Wheeler Esq &c &c

[Heading] Copy of correspondence &c about the “Hartleys” account [Annotation in left margin in red ink] Reply to No. 2 [from Rowland Hill of] South Australian Colonization Office [to E J Wheeler] Adelphi Terrace, June 23rd 1838 Sir, I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th Inst applying for the sum of ₤303.6.0 on account of passage money per “Hartley” and enclosing Captn Fewson’s authority to receive the same. In reply I have to acquaint you that the Commissioners have directed their Treasurer to pay the sum of ₤262 on account of the “Hartley” as per enclosed statement; on applying to the Treasurer for the sum, it will be necessary for you to show Captn Fewson’s authority for receiving the same, which I have therefore enclosed I am Sir Your obedient Servant (signed) Rowland Hill [Below] E J Wheeler Esq &c &c [Initials in bottom left margin] […] [Overleaf] [Heading in top margin] Copy of Statement enclosed [Centre heading] Her Majesty’s Colonization Commissioners for South Australia To the Owners of the Ship “Hartley” Dr For Balance of Passage Money Vizt 31 Adults @ ₤8 248. – .– 4 Children @ 2.10/- 10. – .– Allowance for Cabins 4. – .– ₤ 262 .– .– The deductions form the Accounts delivered of 303 .6.– are, 1 Child (only 4 on board chargeable to the Commissioners 5.–.–

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4 Children overcharged @ ₤5 each, a majority of that sum having been paid 10.–.– Medical attendance (left for consideration) 25.6.– Cabin overcharged @ ₤5 1.–.– 41.6.– ₤ 262.– .–

[Annotation in left margin in red ink] Reply to No. 3 [from Rowland Hill of] South Australian Colonization Office [to E J Wheeler] Adelphi Terrace, July 7th 1838 Sir, I have submitted to the Board your letter of the 4th Inst relative to the balance of passage money per “Hartley”, and I have to acquaint you in reply that the Commissioners will not object to your receiving the ₤262 as a payment on account, leaving any other claims for future consideration. With respect to the demand of ₤25.6.– for medical comforts, the Commissioners believe it to be altogether a mistake; still as it is not quite impossible that some of the articles supplied may have been in addition to those which the owners are required to provide at their own expence; and as the account bears the signature of the Surgeon and Assistant Superin- [Overleaf] tendant, the Commissioners have decided to pay the amount, except ₤10 charged for medicines, which is an undoubted error in as much as the Owners are bound by the Charter Party to supply all the medicines required Mr Barnes has accordingly been authorized to pay the Company the further sum of ₤15.6.0 I am Sir Your obedient Servant Signed) Rowland Hill [Below] E J Wheeler Esq &c &c

[Annotation in red ink] No. 1 [Vertical annotation in left margin in red ink] Relating to Land [from Edmund J Wheeler of] South Australian Coy. [to Rowland Hill Esq] 19 Bishopsgate Street Within 13th June 1838 Sir When the Company some months ago corresponded with you in reference to the purchase of land the[y] were led to understand that whenever the Colonial Commissioners found it expedient to advance the price, a few months notice to that effect would be given both in England & in the Colony As a certain knowledge on this point may effect some arrangements which the Company are contemplating, I am instructed by the Directors to enquire, whether the Commissioners propose altering the present price of land at any fixed time; and should any increase occur, what will be the shortest notice that will be given of the same both here and in South Australia? Requesting the favor of an early answer I am Sir Your obedient Servt. signed) Edmund J Wheeler [Below] Rowland Hill Esq

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[Overleaf] [Annotation in red ink] No 2 [Vertical annotation in right margin in red ink] relating to the “Hartley’s” A/c [from Edmund J Wheeler of] South Australian Company [to Rowland Hill Esq] 19 Bishopsgate Street, Within 19th June 1838 Sir, Herewith I beg to hand you on behalf of Captn T. Fewson of the Barque “Hartley” on account of for balance of Passage Money &c due from the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia, viz ₤303.6.0 and to enclose certain vouchers which have been sent to this Company concerning the same, together with Captn Fewson’s authority for me to receive payment of the amount I shall feel obliged by your informing me when I may send a receipt to your Treasurer I am Sir Your obedient Servt. signed Edmund J Wheeler [Below] Rowland Hill Esq

[Annotation in red ink] No. 3 [Vertical annotation in right margin in red ink] “Hartley’s” A/c [from Edmund J Wheeler of] South Australian Company [to Rowland Hill Esq] 19 Bishopsgate Street, Within 4th July 1838 Sir, I have to acknowledge receipt on 16th Ulto of your letter of 23rd relative to the amount claimed as Balance of passage money p “Hartley” & advising instructions to the Commissioners Treasurer to pay ₤262.– according to a statement enclosed by you. In reply, I beg to say as this Company are quite unconnected with the management of that vessel & consequently ignorant of the precise agreement between her owners & your Board the Directors can only regard the ₤262 as a payment on account of the sums due. Having received the papers in the course of their trading operations, they request the Commissioners will be pleased to understand the receipt of the ₤262 must be no bar to any claims of Captn. F’s for the disputed items. I have also to enquire on what ground the payment of ₤25.6.0 for medical comforts &c is left for conderation as the vouchers appear strictly conformable to the Commissioners rules, being signed by the Surgeon & Superintendant; persons whose veracity & trustworthiness they doubtless ascertained. A portion of the money received for Captn. F. being payable to parties in England the witholding the ₤25.6/. may entail upon him great expenses, & I therefore hope for his sake your Treasurer will receive directions to pay it I am Sir Your obedient Servt signed) Edmund J Wheeler [Below] Rowland Hill Esq [Initials in bottom left margin] [?] [Vertical annotation in right margin in blue ink on centre fold] June & July 1838. [In pencil] R. Hill

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BRG 42/5/12 [New document] [In top margin] Duplicate [Heading] Copy Correspondence about Pasturage [from Rowland Hill of] South Australian Colonial Office Adelphi Terrace 20th March 1838, [to] E. J. Wheeler Esqr. Sir, I have submitted to the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia your letter of the 15th. Inst. in continuation of the correspondence respecting the Leases of Pasturage and am directed to reply as follows The South Australian Act empowers the Commissioners to grant leases of pasturage for 3 years only, but for the Commissioners to engage to renew the leases at a stipulated rental would be, in effect, to grant leases for a term exceeding 3 years, and would consequently be a violation of the Act – It is manifest therefore that the prices of pasturage named in the regulations to which you refer can only apply to leases for the first 3 years, & my letter to yourself of Feb 2nd. 1837 and the letter of Instructions to the Colonial Commissioner of the 3rd May 1837 are both in accordance with this view of the subject – Still although the Act of Parliament will not permit the Commissioners to enter into any engagements with reference to the price of pasturage on the renewal of leases, they have authorized me to say that with respect to the identical pasture land first selected in virtue of any purchase made prior to the 31st. Augt 1836 they have no present intention of raising the price (ten shillings per ann: per square mile) however frequently the lease of such pasture land or of any portion thereof may be renewed – I am Sir Your Obdt Servt (signed) Rowland Hill

[Overleaf] [from Edmund J Wheeler of] South Australian Company London 24th. April 1838 [to] Rowland Hill Esqr. I am instructed by the Directors of this Company to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 20th. Ulto concerning the Companys right of Pasturage in South Australia & stating that the Colonization Commissiners have no present intention of raising the rental (10\s/ /- p annum r square mile) of the identical pasture land first selected in virtue of purchases prior to 31st. Augt 1836 however often the lease of the whole or part thereof may be renewed – The enjoyment of a full & perpetual right of pasturage being a matter of great importance to this Company & a subject seriously affecting the property of the Shareholders compels the Directors again to solicit (with all respect) from the Commissioners a compliance with my request of 15th. Ulto a request which they know to be perfectly reasonable & proper – The Commissioners guided by the South Australian Act & doubtless knowing the views of its promoters prepared the “Regulations for selling land” & among the inducements to early purchasers, stipulated that the tenant should have a right of renewal in preference to other applicants & that the yearly rent to proprietors should be 10\s/ /- r square mile – The Company made their extensive purchases of land because of the privileges of early buyers & as section 34 of the Regulations provides for a renewal of the pasturage leases, distinctly stating (without any [Overleaf] modification) that the yearly rent to proprietors (each restricted to one square mile of Pasturrage for every 40 acres of Freehold land) shall be 10\s/ /- p square mile it will admit of no other inference or application, than that the rental remains the same, & that every

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40 acres of Freehold land bought prior to 31st. Augt. 1836 possesses a right of exclusive pasturage to 640 acres held by a 3 years lease at 10\s/ /- p annum, but always renewable at the same rate – To this regulation the Company (when anxious to avoid any misunderstanding on the point) were referred in your letter of 2nd. Feby 1837 – The Directors in again placing the matter before the Commissioners respectfully call upon them to fulfil the representations made to the early Land holders & trust that they will no longer delay the necessary instructions to South Australia for the Company to realize the full rights attaching to their Freehold Lands – I am &c (signed) Edmund J Wheeler

[from Rowland Hill of] South Australian Colonial Office Adelphi Terrace April 20th 1938 [to] E. J. Wheeler Esqr. Sir, The Colonization Commissioners for South Australia having had under their consideration your letter of the 24th. inst. with further reference to the leases of pasturage, I am directed to acquaint you for the information of the Directors of the South Australian Company, that the Commissioners cannot depart from the decision already communicated – I am Sir Your Obdt Servt (signed) Rowland Hill

[Overleaf] [from Edmund J Wheeler of] South Australian Company London 12th. May 1838 [to] R.Hill Esqr. Sir, I am instructed by the Directors of this Company to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 28th. Ulto stating that the Colonization Commissioners could not depart from the decision you communicated on the 28th March in reference to the Company’s rights of Pasturage in South Australia – I am further desired to acquaint you for the information of the Colonization Commissioners that the Directors of this Company knowing their view of the question is correct & that they are justly entitled to the privileges they claim will be obliged to take all proper means of supporting their rights of perpetual pasturage if those rights should be questioned or impaired – I am &c (Signed) Edmund J Wheeler [Initials at bottom left] [?] [?] [Vertical annotation in right margin on centre fold] 1838 Correspondence 12 May with Commissioners respecting Pasturage

[Heading] Extract from the Regulations of the Colonization Commissioners 15th Feb 1836 Leases of the pasturage of unsold lands shall be granted on the following conditions among others:– The term to be 3 years, the tenant having a right of renewal in preference to any other applicant. Cultivation of the soil& the felling of timber to be disallowed – The land, or any portion of it, to be liable to sale, and if sold, the lease to terminate on a notice of two months, the tenant having a right of renewal to unsold portions – The Yearly rent to be 10\s/ /- sterling p square mile to proprietors of land in the colony(each being restricted to one square mile of pasturage for every 40 acres of land he may possess) & 40\s/ /- sterling p

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______square mile to nonproprietors, or to proprietors for any quantity exceeding the stated allowance. No lease to contain any fractional part of a square mile of pasturage – The object of this Regulation is to afford the greatest facilities for the growing of wool, & rearing of live stock. By the low price of pasturage, one facility will be provided for a mode of production which has been most successful in the neighbouring settlements of New South Wales & Van Diemen’s Land, while the price of ₤1 p acre for land in possession will provide another facility, namely shepherds, not being convicts, but persons brought up to the management of sheep & cattle – The cheapness of pasturage would be of little use without a constant & ample supply of pastoral labour – [Initials at bottom left] [?]

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BRG 42/5/13 [New document] [Heading in top margin] Correspondence with Commissioners about rights of Pasturage. Original p “Duke of Roxburghe” [from Edmund J Wheeler of] South Australian Company 15th. March 1838 Dear Sir, In the appendix to the second report of the Colonization Commissioner’s (lately published) is a passage of such importance to this Company that I am induced to address you on the subject although considerable time has elapsed since the correspondence in question. I allude to the paragraph in the third letter of instructions to Mr. Fisher (page 17) relative to the lease of pasturage to the original purchasers of land. To prevent misunderstanding concerning the pasture in South Australia, when the Directors were engaging for the emigration of small farmers, Jan 19th. Jany. 1837 enquired certain particulars one of which referred to the rate of rental; this question was more explicitly put in mine of 26th. of that month to which & your reply of 2nd. Febry. I beg to draw your attention. In that answer you distinctly acknowledged that the Company’s privileges as to pasturing are precisely those laid down in the 34th. article of the regulations of 15th. Febry. 1836 on examination of which seems only to corroborate the opinion always entertained by the Company viz that the leases of the pasturage lands were renewable every 3 years at the original rental of 10\s/ /. p square mile, the wording being [Overleaf] without any limitation or allusion to an increased rate Your letter of 2nd. Feby. 1837 \certainly/ states “the Commissioners cannot pledge themselves never to alter the terms on which leases of pasturage may hereafter be granted” but the Directors do not consider that proviso to be of the nature stated to Mr. Fisher but to refer to the probability of a further increase of rent to future purchasers; it was this view only which caused the correspondence to terminate. As land bought with certain rights of common or pasturage at a certain quit rent stated at the time of purchase without any qualification will only admit the construction that it always bear the same privilege the Directors feel persuaded the Colonization Commissioners will on review of the entire case see the propriety of immediately explaining to the Colonial Commissioner that their intentions of 3rd. May 1837, do not apply to the original purchasers of land. I am, Dear Sir, Your Obedt Servt, (Signed) Edmund J Wheeler, Manager [Initials at left] […]

[from Rowland Hill of] South Australian Colonial Office, [to Edmund J Wheeler] Adelphi Terrace 28th. March 1838 Sir, I have submitted to the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia your letter of the 15th. inst in continuation of [In bottom left margin] E. J. Wheeler Esqr. [Overleaf] the correspondence respecting the Leases of Pasturage & am directed to reply as follows:– The South Australian Act empowers the Commissioners to grant leases of Pasturage for 3 years only, but for the Commissioners to engage to renew the leases at a stipulated rental

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______would be in effect to grant leases for a term exceding 3 years, & would consequently be a violation of the Act. It is manifest therefore that the prices of pasturage named in the regulations to which you refer can only apply to leases for the first 3 years, & my letter to yourself of Febry. 2nd. 1837 are both in accordance with this view of the subject. Still although the Act of Parliament will not permit the Commissioners to enter into any engagements with reference to the price of pasturage on the renewal of those leases, they have authorized me to say that with respect to the identical pasture land first selected in virtue of any purchase made prior to the 31st. August 1836, they have no present intention of raising the price (ten shillings per annum per square mile) however frequently the lease of such pasture land or of any portion thereof may be renewed. I am, Sir, Your Obedt Servt., (Signed) Rowland Hill. [Initials at bottom left] [?] [Vertical annotation on reverse side in top fold] Correspondence as to Pasturage 15th. March 1838 [Vertical annotation on same side in centre fold] 1838. Copy. Orig. Correspondence between Directors & Commissioners, as to Rights of Pasturage London – 15/28 March Rec \[cgn?]/ Duke of R. 24 July – [In pencil] Hill. R. E. J. Wheeler 15th. March 1838

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BRG 42/5/14 [New document] [Heading] Correspondence with Commissioners about rights of Pasturage Duplicate p Original p “Duke of Roxburghe” [from Edmund J Wheeler of] South Australian Company [to Colonization Commissioners] 19 Bishopsgate St Within Dear Sir, In the appendix to the second Report of the Colonization Commissioner’s (lately published) is a passage of such importance to this Company, that I am induced to address you on the subject, altho’ a considerable time has elapsed since the correspondence in question. I allude to the paragraph in the 3rd. letter of instructions to Mr Fisher (page 17) relative to the leases of pasturage to the original purchasers of land. To prevent misunderstanding concerning the pasture in South Australia, when the Directors were arranging for the emigration of small farmers, Jan 19th. January 1837 enquired certain particulars one of which referred to the rate of rental; this question was more explicitly put in mine of 26th. of that month, to which, & your reply of 2nd. Febry. I beg to draw your attention – In that answer you distinctly acknowledge that the Company’s privileges as to the pasturage are precisely those laid down in the 34th. article of the regulations of 15th. February 1836, an examination of which seems only to corroborate the opinion always entertained by the Company, viz, that the leases of the pasturage lands were renewable every 3 years at the original rental of 10/- p square mile the wording being without limitation or allusion to an increased rate. Your letter of 2nd. February 1837 certainly states “the Commissioners cannot pledge themselves never to alter the terms on which leases of pasturage may hereafter be granted” but the Directors do not consider that proviso to be of the nature stated to Mr Fisher, but to refer to the probability of a further increase of rent to future purchasers; it was his view only which caused the correspondence to terminate. As land bought with certain rights of common pasturage at a certain quit rent stated at the time of purchase without any qualification will only admit of the construction that it will always [In bottom left margin] R. Hill Esqr. &c &c [Initials at bottom left] [?] [Overleaf] bear the same privilege, the Directors feel persuaded the Colonization Commissioners will on review of the entire case see the propriety of immediately explaining to the Colonial Commissioner that their intentions of 3rd. May 1837, do not apply to the original purchasers of land. I am, Dear Sir Your Obedt Servt. (Signed) Edmund J Wheeler Manager

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[from Rowland Hill of] South Australian Colonial Office [to E J Wheeler] Adelphi Terrace [Adelaide] 28th March 1838 Sir, I have submitted to the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia your letter of the 15th. instant in continuation of the correspondence respecting the Leases of Pasturage & am directed to reply as follows :– The South Australian Act empowers the Commissioners to grant leases of pasturage for 3 years only, but for the Commissioners to engage to renew the leases at a stipulated \rental/ would be, I effect, to grant leases for a term exceeding 3 year’s and would consequently be a violation of the Act – It is manifest therefore that the prices of pasturage named in the regulation to which you refer can only apply to leases for the first 3 years, & my letter to yourself of February 2nd. 1837, & the letter of instructions to the Colonial Commissioner of the 3rd. May 1837, are both in accordance with this view of the subject – Still although the Act of Parliament will not permit the Commissioners to enter into any engagements with reference to the price of pasturage on the renewal of leases, they have authorized me to say that with respect to the identical pasture land first selected in virtue of any purchase made prior to the 31st. August 1836, they have no present intention of raising the price (ten shillings per annum p square mile) however frequently the lease of such pasture land or of any portion thereof may be renewed – I am, Sir, Your Obedt Servt. (Signed.) Rowland Hill. [Below] E. J. Wheeler Esqr. &c &c [Vertical annotation on reverse side in centre fold] [In pencil] 15 March 1838 Correspondence with Commissioners about rights of Pasturage Duplicate p “ Original p “Duke of Roxburghe” [In pencil] E J Wheeler

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BRG 42/5/15 [New document] [In top margin] Copy [from G W Dolling on board] Barque “Guiana” at anchor in Amboina Bay February the 25th 1838 [to Edmund Wheeler Esq] Sir, It is with much regret that I send you bad news, but my duty compels me to let you know in what manner I am, and have been situated. Nearly the whole of the passage out I have been very uncomfortable, for the chief Mate has been very neglectful of his duty, and have opposed me to the utmost, so far so, that I have forced to be on deck nearly the 24 hours round if I wanted the ship to be steered steady or any work done, the Apprentices have behaved themselves very well and I am pursuaded that the Apprentices and people too, would have been much better if the Doctor had been that pious gentleman which you took him to be. On the 9th of November 1837 I requested the Doctor to try and reform the crew as they were getting unmanagable and much given to swearing. The Doctor answered that he himself did hate reform therefore it was not possible for him to reform others. On the 23rd January 1838, I ordered Canty the Steward to live forward and do his duty as a sailor for his bad behaviour in the cabin. On the 24th January 1838 Canty the Steward was ordered to Masthead to look out for Whales by the Chief Mate; I also ordered Canty to go to the Masthead, which he (Canty) refused to do; I then struck Canty 3 or 4 times, by which time I was surrounded by most of the Crew and threatened on all sides, if I struck another: blow and the Doctor at the head of them said, I had no right to strike any one of them whatever, and if he (the Doctor) had me on shore he would make me pay nicely for that, and \that/ he himself would make me pay nicely for that – I now found out that in reality, I have not one Mate; the reason I know not – One the 29th. January all the Mates boats sails were unbent and sent into the Cabin: I enquired of the Mates the reason of the boats sails being unbent? the Mates all answered – they did not know. On the 31st. January at 5 p.m. saw a shoal of \sperm/ Whales 1½ or 2 Miles to windward, the chief Mate instead of letting me know, kept it as quiet as possible and put the helm up to run away from the Whales; when I went on deck, I enquired of the Mates why he run the [Overleaf] ship off? he answered, he did not want to frighten the Whales. I put off 4 boats as quick as possible without effect, for it being late in the day, the Whales had got too far away. From 24 January up to the 8 of February the Crew have been in a state of Mutiny, and keep up principally by the chief mate. On the 3rd. of February I thought it would be to the benefit of the ship, for me to put out of the ship, the first and second mates for their not having attended to their duty; for which purpose I anchored at Amboina on February the 8th. & on the 10th. I put the first and second Mates out of the ship; after which the men would not work untill the Mates returned to their duty on board of the ship. On the 11th. four men were sent on board a Dutch Man of War, they being the leading men; names as follows, Turner, Marsh, Morris, Warner: the remainder of the Crew remain the same and will not work before the mates return on board. On the 20th. I took the Mates on board; then, the people would not work unless they had the men from on board of the Man of War. On the 21st. the 4 men were brought on board from the Man of War. On the 22nd. the people have now every thing they require and they will not work, they say they would wish to leave the ship. Things remained in this state untill the 27th. when Capt T N Muller of a Dutch Brig of War came on board and ordered the men to work, which order the crew attended to, and Warner one of the seamen being saucy to Capt Muller, was well flogged on board of the “Guiana” by Capt Muller’s Crew. the greater part of the day Capt. Muller & his First Lieutenant and the Magistrate of Amboina were on board, and made the ship ready for sea: at 5 p.m. unmoored, at 10 set top sails and top gallt sails. February 28th. at 10 a.m. weighed anchor, the crew will not proceed a whaling and say they are willing to work the ship to

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Sidney, to which place I am now bound. I think it necessary you should stop payment of all the Mates monthly notes untill you hear from me again I remain, Your most obedient Humble Servant signed) G W Dolling. [Below] Edmund Wheeler } Esq. }

[Overleaf] [In top margin] Copy June 10th. 1838 – Sidney My Dear Sir, I am sorry to be obliged to write to you on a subject, the mention of which is as painful to me as the knowledge will be unpleasant to the Company. I am induced from a sense of duty more than from any interest it can be of to me; as it cannot possibly be in your power to take the requisite steps for that purpose. I was desired by you in a letter I was given in Gravesend, to furnish the Company with information concerning our good or bad success; it was not in my power to have done so sooner, as Dolling avoided speaking or even going in the track of ships, for fear you may have been informed of his conduct. All the crew have left the ship, both men & officers, and so have I. his conduct would degrade the vilest and worst disposed person ever sent to this Colony from England. The cause of our want of success on the voyage was (as I swore on oath on a trial here concerning the Crew) attributable to his habitual drunkenness, having been so on the 24th of November when Whales were close by the ship. the Mate Mr Somerfield swore the same. Secondly, putting the first and second Mates out of the ship in the Harbour of Amboina, the Mates were put on shore and four men were sent by him on board a Dutch Man of War, without whom the crew refused to Whale, as there were no persons capable of heading the boats which was the cause of our coming to this harbour. I send you a Newspaper or two: they may serve to shew you the view disinterested persons took of his conduct. the ship, if she sails out of port will never again be seen by the owners, he and a Dutchman in my hearing agreed to dispose of the ship and have him sent home from Batavia by subscription. Amboina was a very sickly port, which was another cause why the crew refused to weigh anchor without [overleaf] a second person capable of taking charge of the vessel – 27 of the crew were attacked by fever and Ague after leaving that port – you will perhaps see many persons who came out on the ship who will be able to enter more into details. I have not room – there has been an action commenced against him for assault, and from myself I will say, the man’s life was in danger from the strokes he received with a wooden sword used for the purpose of making mats – although the Owners sent everything requisite for the sick, he would not give any thing except the choice of one pound salt food, or a pint of Flour, if any thing was necessary it should be sent for to London and that he wished (to use his own words) every damned rascal of them my die! I remain My Dear Sir Yours sincerely obliged & grateful signed) Joshua Down M. D. p.s. He was continually giving orders when drunk contrary to the mates, harrassing the Crew changing the position of the ship – In the Harbour of Copang anchored and changed our position five different times – made himself disagreeable to every person [Initials at bottom left] G. C.

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[Vertical annotation superimposed in blue ink in centre fold] Captn Dolling & Dr Down Ship “Guiana” Feby & June 1838

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BRG 42/5/16 [New document] [In top margin] (Copy) [from Rowland Hill of] South Australian Colonial Office, [to the South Australian Co.] Novr. 18th. 1837 – Gentlemen, I have laid before the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia, Mr Wheeler’s letter of the 13th. inst. with reference to the slow progress of the surveys, the evils resulting therefrom, and the measures which you recommend for affecting in a short time such a survey as will enable the holders of the preliminary Land Orders to select their country sections – The Commissioners are well aware of the evils which must result from any delay in the selection of lands, & they at once admit that the surveys have not been conducted with that rapidity, which the settlers had a right to expect, & which the Commissioners intended to secure. They are of opinion, however that the view taken in Mr. Wheeler’s letter of the extent of delay is an erroneous & an exaggerated one, & in support of this opinion they have only to call your attention to the conditions of the Act of Parliament which renders it imperative that the lands in question should be sold, not only before any survey could possibly have taken place, but before a single surveyor could be appointed, or a single shilling expended in preparation – The holders of the preliminary Land Orders made their purchases in the full knowledge of these facts – The low price of land – the right of first choice, and the included town acre, were however advantages which in their estimation more than counterbalanced the disadvantages of the unavoidable delay; & what they judged wisely, & have no reason to regret having embarked their capital, notwithstanding that the delay has been greater than was anticipated, is proved by the present high price (considerably more than double the first cost) of the original Land Orders – With respect to the early departure of your servants as that departure took place, before even the surveyors had left this country, & six months before the departure of the Governor the Commissioners take it for granted, that you had objects in view, independent of the occupation of your land – The Commissioners were in no respect to such an arrangement, and are therefore in no degree responsible for the results – With reference to the circumstances which have led to the unfortunate delay in the surveys, the Commissioners did everything in their power to guard against the evil – They entrusted the direction of the surveys to a gentleman of high reputation – they supplied him with all the instruments & tools which he required – they took his advice as to the number of subordinate officers & labourers, & they even made a considerable addition to both, after they had been pronounced sufficient by the Surveyor General – Having thus secured as they believed, an amply sufficient surveying party the Commissioners did not consider themselves justified in increasing the charges on the Colony by further appointments – On hearing from private sources rumours that the surveys were not proceeding with the desired rapidity, and before any distinct statement to that effect had been made by yourselves or other land owners, the Commissioners submitted a statement of the surveying strength, & of the work to be performed, to a gentleman of high reputation as a scientific [in bottom left margin] The Directors of the South Australian Compy. [Overleaf] surveyor Captn. Dawson R E. whose report fully confirmed their own opinion of the sufficiency of the surveying staff – And it may here be mentioned, that since the arrival of Mr Kingston Captn. Dawson, availing himself of that gentleman’s knowledge of the country, has reconsidered his report, & has confirmed and strengthened his first conclusions. A copy of Captn. Dawson’s report was transmitted to the Colonial Commissioner by the “Lord Goderich” with instructions to call the attention of the Surveyor General to it, as a means of preventing further delay in case the rumours which have reached the Commissioners, should prove correct. With reference to the present emergency, the Commissioners again availing themselves of Captn. Dawson’s valuable aid, have adopted a course similar to that suggested in Mr Wheeler’s letter. Instructions will be dispatched by the next vessel for effecting a

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______running survey on a plan, which, altho’ sufficiently accurate for immediate purposes, may, according to Captn. Dawson’s estimate, be completed from one month of its commencement, this, without any addition to the present surveying strength, except as respects laborers, & instruments. In order, however to be entirely on the safe side, the Commissioners will immediately appoint 2 experienced surveyors (directing the Surveyor General to dismiss the same number of the present officers) and if they can be obtained six discharged sappers who have been employed in the Ordnance Survey. The Commissioners are also considering the propriety of advancing the salaries of the more efficient surveyors, so as to render the appointment a more desirable one. The present low salaries, contrasted with the high expectations of independent settlers, is probably one cause of the present difficulty. The necessity under the circumstances of the case, of effecting a running survey is so obvious, that the Commissioners hope to find that course will have been adopted without waiting for instructions from England – As already stated the Commissioners do not consider the delay in the surveys as having been as yet satisfactorily explained; they are, however, inclined to attribute it chiefly to the want of union & vigorous co-operation which unfortunately exists among the superior authorities of the Colony; the effect has been to harass the mind of the Surveyor General, and to affect some of the subordinate officers in a very mischievous manner. Great Allowance must also be made for the peculiar difficulties of the service. With reference to the supply of labor, the Commissioners have already adopted measures for increasing it to the extent of their means – The wish to remind you however, that they have never objected to send any number of laborers selected by yourselves, & that the supply of labor, with reference to the extent of land to be occupied, was necessarily reduced by the reduction of the price from 2/- to 12/- to which the Commissioners reluctantly assented on your own urgent representations – With respect to your proposed occupation of the land in Kangaroo Island the Commissioners have only to refer you to the rules & regulations under which the land has been sold to satisfy you that such an arrangement is impracticable – The Commissioners have entered on this full statement, because they are at all times ready to explain their conduct to parties, who, like yourselves, have a deep interest [Overleaf] [in] the success of the Colony & because they feel conscious of having zealously discharged the important duties with which Her Majesty’s Government has entrusted them. I am, Gentn &c (Signed) Rowd. Hill.

(Copy) [from Edmund J Wheeler] London 19 Bishopsgate St Decr. 1st. 1837. [to Rowland Hill Esq] Dear Sir, I am instructed by the Directors of this Company to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 18th. ult. addressed to them, & only received on 21st. in answer to my communication on behalf of this Co. on the state of the Colony of South Australia made known by the recent dispatches from thence – It is not the wish of the Directors of the South Australian Company to put forth erroneous or exaggerated statements, & as they do not think their remarks will admit of that description they cannot admit the reasons assigned by you sufficient to induce them to consider the application improper It is true that the Act of Parliament requires the sales of the lands before Surveyors could be appointed or any preparations made, but the Directors conceive the invariable understanding in every purchase (unless expressly stipulated to the contrary) is, that early possession is to be given, & that the whole of the original orders were bought notwithstanding, their peculiar advantages (which were also granted as inducements to embark property in an unknown country) in the belief that such would be the case, while it cannot be supposed that any of the first purchasers ever contemplated the delay that has ensued – The early departure of the Cos. servants was

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______entirely for the prosecution of objects besides the immediate occupation of their land, but was not confined thereto, as evinced by an absolute purchase of 32 acres on Kangaroo Island although a small portion of their people sailed prior to the Surveyors & the Governor the greater body did not go until long after the time it was originally announced those functionaries would depart. The Directors are gratified to learn that the Commissioners are adopting measures for the completion of the surveys, but they would suggest that the number of efficient persons to be sent should be further increased & that they with such laborers as may be desired advisable should be immediately procured in two parties by two distinct vessels that in case of accident to the one, the other might be expected to arrive in safety – The Directors are aware that the Colonization Commissioners have not in any measure objected to send laborers selected by them, but until the last few months your Board required that all laborers [In bottom left margin] Rowland Hill Esqr

[Overleaf] should be engaged for at least 1 year certain, & the Company would not have been justified in incurring so great a responsibility as the unconditional hire of the full number of Emigrants they were entitled to send Had the contemplated measure of the Commissioners promulgated last autumn, viz, the sending of 300 able laborers been carried out, much difficulty would have been obviated & it must be remembered by the Commissioners in the spring of this years the Co. drew their attention to the importance of supplying the deficiency thus occasioned in the working force of the Colony by forwarding considerable numbers of laborers & the Directors could have wished that more had been despatched than the Commissioners have done – The statement you make of the price of Land being reduced from 20/- to 12/- p acre, at the urgent representations of the Company, reluctantly acceded to by the Commissioners excites no little surprize on the part of the Company They are in possession of one of your circulars dated 1st. Oct. 1837 by which it appears the reduction had been effected prior to that date, but the South Australian Company was nor formed until some time afterwards I have communicated your statement to our Chairman who authorizes me to say that the Board of Commissioners of which he was a member at the time, was induced to lower the value of land from 20/ to 12/- p acre, to realize the amount of sales required by the Act to be effected – He also observes “that had he not with his friends raised the money to purchase the large quantity deficient by which also he was enabled to establish the South Australian Company would not have come into existence & the minute of the Colonization Commissioners will fully establish these facts – The assurance to the Company of the land they occupied in Kangaroo Island with the option of selecting any further quantity there did not appear to the Board as rendered impracticable by the rules & regulations referred to – They had purchased a certain quantity in that Island & had no delay occurred in the allotment of the lands they would doubtless have been ere now in full possession of the spot on which their servants were located – But through that circumstance an uncertainty exists of a most injurious tendency the occupation of a barren spot the foundation of a town & the improvement of the neighbourhood have been secured by their Capital, by the exertions & by the labors hardships & self denial of their servants in dependance on the justice of the Commissioners for them to be preserved against suffering from the non completion of the Surveys, & if others who have expended neither funds nor effort are allowed to reap the lawful advantages of the Company it will be unjust & illiberal. All the Company require is the fair fruits of the enterprize which other settlers have shrunk from & in securing to them the lands they have no occupied no injury is done to other land holders, no breach is made in the regulations of the Commissioners, which would not be fully warranted by the peculiar circumstance of the case – Thanking you on behalf of the Directors for the full Statement you have entered into. I am, Dear Sir

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Your Obedt Sert. (Signed) Edmund J Wheeler. Manager. [Vertical annotation in right margin on centre fold] [in pencil] R Hill [In ink] 1837. Original p “Trusty” Copy Correspondence about Surveys &c London – Novr

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BRG 42/5/17 [New document] [Heading in top margin] Copy Correspondence about Water Casks p “Prince George” London June 18th. 1838 [to] Messrs. W & C. Chippindale Having been applied to on behalf of a vessel purposing to carry out Oil Butts to South Australia (using them for water on the Passage) for permission to spile & Shake them. I beg in order to furnish a perfectly accurate answer to enquire I Whether Spiling the upper tier instead of drawing off the water through the bung hole would not depreciate the Casks & render it much more hazardous to use them for Oil, say in a South Sea Ship, or for the voyage home – Would there not be risk, of the Oil ouzing out through the spike hole though closed? II Whether Shaking the empty Casks is advisable? or whether injury is nor probable from the loss of the flags or chipping off the edges of the staves, or perhaps loss of some of the pieces of heading? I wish your candid opinion on the above inquiring which you will consider that no Oil Cooper will be on Board I am &c (Signed) Edmund J Wheeler

London 19 June 1838 [to] E J Wheeler Esqr In reply to the Queries in your letter as to the using of Oil Butts for Water in the Passage outward, we beg to state, that we do not consider that the butts would sustain any injury by merely having a Spile hole made in them provided such hole was of a regulated size & made by a proper Instrument & only one made in the cask [Initials in bottom left margin] [?] To the second Query, we should most decidedly say that Casks should never be shaken if possible & certainly not done except by men brought up to the business, we always consider that Butts are depreciated in value very materially by packing them & should strongly advise you not to listen to any proposition giving such permission to a Shipper We are &c (Signed) W. & C. Chippindale

London June 19th. 1838 [to] C Flaxman Esqr. Having been shewn by Messrs G. F. Angas & Co your letter to them concerning the limited room in the “Prince George” & also this Company’s proceedings about the water Casks by that vessel. I beg to inform you that our Agent Mr. Swaine is instructed by this nights post to afford any possible assistance to your Passengers by accommodating as many as he can, who can pay their own passage, in the “Bengalee” provided that ship be not detained thereby – With reference to the Casks, I observe that I have furnished Messrs. G. F. A. & Co with copy of a letter from our Coopers, in virtue of which I assent to your spiling the upper tier of Butts provided a note be taken of the exact number spiled & also that the hole be of a regulated size made by a proper instrument & only one made in each cask In answer to your application for permission too shake some of the Butts, I regret that I must positively deny your request, being advised that they are materially depreciated thereby – But to lessen the difficulty of either this or the preceding restriction upon your arrangements, the Company will have no objection to turn the whole or any part of them over to you at prime cost which will enable you to do as you please with them – As the contents of each Cask are marked upon the bung hole the exact sizes & cost can be ascertained To one of your observations I wish to offer a comment viz “we should not be too stiff as it is an accommodation to us” – We only take due precaution for the preservation of our property & that instead of the Cask going p “Prince George” being any benefit it is a manifest

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______disadvantage & only done to oblige her Charterers – This Company are nor in immediate want of the Casks in the Colony they have to pay an extra insurance from her going to Hambro & in addition (not withstanding they understood the Butts were to be landed at Kingscote) they are refused their bills lading unless the delivery Port be made Adelaide – 70 miles from where the goods should go – Strange accommodation !! I am &c (Signed) – Edmund J Wheeler [Vertical annotation on reverse side in top fold] London June 18 1838 Copy Correspondence about Water Casks pr. “Prince George [in pencil] W & C. Chippindale

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BRG 42/5/18 [New document] [In top margin] Duplicate [Heading] Copy of Correspondence p “Bengalee” [from Edmund J Wheeler] London 17 July 1838 [to Dr. Satterup] Sir As you have concluded an arrangement with this Company’s Agent at Hambro’ [Hamburg], R. V. Swaine Esqr. to proceed to South Australia, in their chartered ship “Bengalee”, Captn T Hamlin Jnr. in virtue of which you are to act as Surgeon Superintendant of the Passengers on board, it may not be inopportune for me to offer a few remarks upon the duties expected from you As Surgeon, it will be necessary for you to take such precaution, as you deem most certain to secure the health of the Emigrants, either by the administration of such medecines, the enforcement of such regulations, or such alterations in the dietary as will accomplish that end – You have doubtless received from Mr Swain a copy of the scale of victualling proposed for the voyage, & have procured from him such [medecines?] as were requisite & I shall therefore merely add an intimation of the importance of preserving cleanliness, and ventilation of the Steerage, & having it occasionally fumigated to remove the possibility of fever You will also be expected to take the general oversight of the Passengers, including attention to their comfort, sobriety, & good behaviour requiring their obedience to Capt Hamlin, religious duties on the Sunday and in short every thing by which harmony can be preserved and their happiness promoted The Company wish the voyage to pass off pleasantly to all, & from their opinion of Captn Hamlin, they think you will receive from him all possible co-operation – they trust your interview with him will be pleasant and satisfactory to yourself – you are aware that the Directors have provided you with a seat at his table & proper accomodation in the Cabin – The “Bengalee” being chartered by the Company for the voyage out – they have to find Provisions for the Passengers, which have been laid in as for six months voyage to provide against accident but as it probably not occupy more than four months, and perhaps not so long, it is considered much of these Provisions will remain on arrival in South Australia – Whatever surplus there is of Provisions, Stores, Medicines or anything supplied by the Company should be landed in the Colony with the rest of the Cargo – That you may fully understand our position with the vessel, I enclose you a copy of agreement with her owners; & I beg your attention to the services they have engaged to perform – They are bound to cook at their expence & by the Ship’s cook all the food for the Emigrants, and you should see that this is properly done & no cause of complaint allowed to occur, the meals should be regular, & the food served up in a clean & wholesome manner You should also keep an account of the quantities issued daily, & it may be well to extend your diary to the noticing any [in bottom left margin] [Initials] [?] [overleaf] little occurrence among the Passengers – that journal you will deliver to Mr McLaren in the Colony – I would suggest that you see to the frugal issue of the Provisions – to the careful use of the Water – and to precaution against accidents from Fire – on no account should smoking be allowed below – no lights should be allowed in the Emigrants berths & all lights in the steerage must be out by 9 o’clock at night at the latest You had better have the space allotted to the Emigrants, washed out every morning, and occasionally with lime water – & on fine days advantage should be taken of so favorable opportunity to bring all Bedding on deck & air it. By such precautions, & the blessing of God, you may hope for the pleasure of landing your charge in perfect health – this I am sure would be as gratifying to yourself as it would conduce to your professional reputation

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I have officially instructed Capt Hamlin as to the “Bengalees” discharging Ports, to ascertain which he will proceed to the Company’s Station at Kangaroo Island, & it may be well for you to accompany him on shore & communicate with our representative as to where the Passengers can be landed – I enclose you two letters of introduction which you may find serviceable It is not the wish of the Directors for the ship to call at any Port, on the outward voyage, – they prefer her proceeding direct to South Australia & as the owners bear all expence should she touch at any intermediate Port, it is not probable that Capt Hamlin will deviate from the shortest course Nevertheless should malignant disease break out among the Passengers, & in spite of all your efforts to subdue it it may be requisite to put into the nearest place for the recovery of health; in that case you will consult with Capt H \& act/ for the best – Altho’ the ship is bound (as before mentioned) to beare that expence, yet as circumstances might occur to render it necessary for you to have some experienced person to consult with, should you call at S Helena our agent there is Thomas Baker Esqr. – at Cape Good Hope Messrs Dickson Burnies & Co & at Mauritius Messrs Pierson & Chapman at Launceston, L H Gilles Esqr & at Hobart Town, H M Orr Esqr any of whom will on production of this letter afford you all assistance in your \their/ power – As South Australia is a British Colony, & the general language that of England, the Emigrants p “Bengalee” will labor under a disadvantage if they continue ignorant of it; therefore if you should have leisure on the voyage to instruct them in this necessary acquisition it will be rendering them a great benefit – I shall only add, that if you have opportunitys of writing during the voyage, I should be very happy to receive a few lines with any remarks you can make upon the proceedings on board or the character of the Passengers – Wishing you every happiness & much success in your adopted country I am (signed) Edmund J Wheeler [Overleaf] [Post script] Although I presume Mr Swaine has furnished you with all needful papers, I enclose as a precaution a copy of the scale of victualling also a small book for your use in keeping the account of the Provisions [Below] Dr Satterup

[Heading] Original p “Bengalee” [from Edmund J Wheeler] London 17 July 1838 [to William Giles Esq] Dear Sir I wrote you 9th Ulto p “Winchester as p Duplicate herewith, and now merely acquaint you (having no time to write at length) that the “Bengalee” Capt Hamlin, loaded by this Company at Hamburgh, proceeds to Kingscote as to her discharging Port or Ports, in compliance with the stipulation of her charter, as p copy enclosed – Having long since advised Mr McLaren of this vessels intended departure & cargo, I doubt not that he has left with you full instructions as to Capt Hamlins movements & therefore it is almost superfluous for me to allude to the subject – still should circumstances have deprived you of Mr McL’s wishes, & no opportunity offer for communicating with him, you must have the Cargo landed where most advantageous for the Company – the bills of lading herewith, will make you fully conversant with the description of the goods, – the particulars are sent to Mr McLaren – I have given Capt Hamlin a letter of introduction to you & wish that he should receive as far as practicable every despatch – I wish also in event of the “Bengalee’s” discharging at Kingscote, that you will endeavour to ascertain whether any goods are landed from her on the Captains account, & whether they are taken from her hold – I am in haste Dear Sir Yours truly (signed) Edmund J Wheeler

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[Post script] Enclosures duplicates of Sundries p “Winchester” Copy of agreement with Owners – Copy Instructions to Capt Salmon List of Passengers – Abstract of Cargo – Copy Letter on homeward freight originals p “Bengalee” Copy of Charterparty – three Bills of Lading [Below] William Giles Esqr or Companys Chief Officer at Kingscote

[Overleaf] [from Edmund J Wheeler] London 17 July 1838 [to Capt T Hamlin Jnr] Sir, This Company having chartered the “Bengalee” now under your command and about to proceed to South Australia with several passengers and a valuable cargo belonging to them I have to solicit your attention to a few remarks in reference to the contemplated voyage – Immediately after receipt of your despatches in the Downs, you will be pleased to pursue your voyage direct to South Australia with all possible speed & on approaching that Colony shape your course for Kangaroo Island on the North East side of which is Nepean Bay where the Companys settlement of Kingscote is formed – it is a fine harbour and described in our despatches as easy of access On your arrival at Kingscote you will go on shore and present to the Companys Chief manager there the letter of introduction herewith, and receive from him directions as to your discharging Port or Ports which will either be there or at some other place in the Colony most probably on the Main Land – You will then (as stipulated in the Charter) land with the ships boats and Crew all the Companys property on board for the respective places, and after your final delivery, agreeably to the Bills of Lading apply to their representative for the certificate of the due completion of the voyage, and compliance with the engagements of the Charter, without which your owners cannot receive the balance of freight The Company are very desirous that all on board shall be comfortable during the voyage, & that no complaints shall arise against anyone connected with the undertaking – As you have a character to maintain \and/ as the balance of freight is connected with a satisfactory termination of the voyage, I feel confident nothing will be omitted on your part to preserve order, cleanliness, harmony \and comfort/ among the Emigrants – the provisions are ample and of the best kind, – Surgeons care is provided by their engagement with Dr Satterup and they have put on board a proper supply of Medecines, but more is requisite to prevent disease, and it will be indespensible for cleanliness to be strictly observed, I must therefore trouble you to see to the steerage being kept sweet and well ventilated, that the decks be washed every morning using lime water as much as possible for that purpose, and it will be well for all the passengers bedding to be brought on deck in fine weather By these and similar precautions, you may hope (under Gods blessing) to land all safe and happy in the Colony which I am sure will be a source of gratification to you and be made your constant aim. In all matters of medical treatment Dr Satterup is entrusted with the superintendance of the people, & I rely on your giving him all the advice and assistance you can. But you as Commander of the Ship are in charge of all on board and to you the Directors as charterers of the vessel look for the fulfil- [Overleaf] ment of their wishes You will take care that the passengers stores carefully expended and \that/ whatever remains on completion of the voyage is delivered with the rest of the Cargo as well as the fittings erected at Hambro’

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I beg further to request your especial care of the Casks in which any of the stores are packed, and as they are valuable and perhaps may be available as Oil Casks when emptied the different pieces should be preserved or they will be of no manner of use comparatively speaking – The Board hopes that the arrangements which have been made will secure the health of the people and enable you to reach South Australia without calling at any intermediate port, but should violent disease break out you must consult with the Surgeon about putting in at some neighboring place for the restoration of health – I do not however anticipate any accident of this kind, but expect that your run out will be speedy and agreeable – I am not aware that any observations need be carried to greater lengths – I shall only add let me hear from you as opportunity offers & let me rely on your efforts to promote the Companys interest, as the Manager in the Colony will be requested to transmit a report of all circumstances attending the voyage – When practicable the Directors would wish religious service on the Sabbath among the Emigrants this you could perhaps arrange with the Doctor Wishing you a pleasant and prosperous voyage I am Sir Your obdt Servt (signed) Edmund J Wheeler [Post script] As circumstances might call our Chief Manager (D McLaren Esq) from Kingscote at the time of your arrival, I enclose for you a letter of introduction to the Gentleman who would most probably be left in charge of the Establishment, and from whom you would receive the instructions as to the vessels discharge [Below] Capt T Hamlin Jnr [On reverse side in top centre fold] 1838. Dup. Correspondence as to Bengalee – July [in pencil] 17 July E J Wheeler

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BRG 42/5/19 [New document] [Bundle of four letters bound in the margin with green ribbon] [Heading] Copy of correspondence with Commissioners about Mr. Fishers Bill London 1st. August 1838 – [to] Roland Hill Esq [from Edmund J Wheeler] Although in ordinary mercantile practice a verbal reason for the non – acceptance of any bills is deemed sufficient to obviate correspondence on the subject yet the friendly intercourse hitherto subsisting between the Colonization Commissioners & this Company & the connection of each Boards proceedings with the general interests of the Colony cause the Directors to instruct me to address you concerning Mr. J. H. Fisher’s draft for ₤1717.6.6 now in their hands – That draft has as you are aware been presented for acceptance & left by request a few days for reference to your Finance Committee & it has been lately returned with the answer “this Bill being irregularly drawn cannot be accepted” The Company therefore were compelled for their own protection to note & protest it for non-acceptance – The Bill being at 60 days sight & having been left at your Office on 13 Ulto becomes due on 14 Septr & as time would be lost & expences incurred by the correspondence after its maturity the Directors beg to remind the Commissioners of the heavy damages to which all finally dishonored bills are liable – the rate with the Australian Colonies [initials in bottom left margin] [?] [Overleaf] being 25% & all expenses – Of the regularity or irregularity of the drawing this Company cannot take cognizance, especially when the drawer is the representative of the Colonization Commissioners in South Australia & therefore as the return of the bill to the Settlement by incurring the customary damages & expences would be a Public detriment & loss the Board submit as a matter of Public policy that the Commissioners should prevent that expence by paying the draft at maturity – I am &c (signed) Edmund J Wheeler

South Australian Colonization Office Adelphi Terrace, Augt 11th. 1838 – [To] E. J. Wheeler Esq [from Rowland Hill] In reply to your letter of the 1st Inst. with reference to a draft for ₤1717.6.6 dated Feb 2nd. 1838 drawn by Mr. Fisher in favour of the South Australian Company and which in consequence of its being irregularly drawn had not been accepted by the Treasurer, I am directed to acquaint you, that the circumstances of the case will be fully considered by the Board before the Bill becomes due – I am & c (signed) Rowland Hill

[Overleaf] South Australian Colonization Office Adelphi Terrace, Sept 14th 1838. – [To] E. J. Wheeler Esq [from Rowland Hill] In conformity with the promise made in my letter of the 11th. Ult the Board has reconsidered their decision not to accept the bill of ₤1717.6.6 dated Feb 2–1838 & drawn by Mr. Fisher in favour of the South Australian Company for certain stores repurchased from the Company by Mr. Fisher but with every desire to act liberally towards the parties interested, they find themselves bound by a sense of duty to abide by their first decision –

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Altho’ such a course is perhaps unusual the Commissioners have no objection to state to the Company the grounds of their decision – The 4th & 5th William IV. Cap 95 – Sect 11 – requires that all monies under the control of the Commissioners shall be received & paid by the Treasurer who may be appointed by the Board – The arrangements of the Commissioners have of course been made in conformity with this provision, & when the South Australian Company were on the 19th. Augt 1837 appointed agents for the negociation of bills drawn on the Commissioners the following clause was inserted in the letter of appointment – “The only person authorized to draw bills upon the Commissioners is [Overleaf] Mr Osmond Gilles the Colonial Treasurer, & his bills must all be signed by Mr. James Hurtle Fisher the Colonial Commissioner, & accompanied with a letter of advice, & should any be offered to you for negotiation which are not in correct form, you are not to circulate them, but to recommend it to the holders to send them back to the Colony to be made complete, as any which are not so will be refused acceptance here” – In acknowledging the receipt of this letter on the 25th of Aug you say “A copy of your communication will be transmitted (in duplicate) by the first opportunities to the Company’s Chief Manager with instructions to attend thereto” And you afterwards add that the original will go out by the “Royal Admiral” Now as the “Royal Admiral” arrived in South Australia on the 10th of Jany last & the bill is dated the 2nd Feby it follows that your agents must have been in possession of their Instructions at the time they received it – that they must have been well aware that as the Bill was drawn not by the Treasurer, who alone had the authority to draw bills, but by Mr. Fisher, who had no such authority, it could not be accepted by the Board [Overleaf] The Commissioners regret that they are obliged to dishonor the bill, but they feel that they could not do otherwise, having received information that the Colonial Treasurer, had refused to put his name to this bill under circumstances which the Commissioners deem satisfactory I am &c Rowland Hill –

London 21 Septr 1838 – [To] Rowland Hill Esq [from Edmund J Wheeler] I am in receipt of your letter of the 14th. Inst stating the intention of the Commissioners to abide by their first decision, & to dishonor the draft of the Colonial Commissioner upon themselves, upon the ground of the arrangement of their Board & the Company for the negotiation of bills from South Australia – In connection with that correspondence the Directors beg to observe that the transaction leading to that bill occurred prior to that arrangement being known in South Australia – & their Manager advised that the repurchase of the provisions & c was long before the date of the bill, that he experienced great delay [Overleaf] in the settlement, while the Colonial Commissioner & Treasurer are described as on the most unfriendly terms, & that the latter refused to sign the bill – Of the grounds of the refusal the Company are ignorant but whatever be their nature, the Directors submit that the Company cannot be responsible for any dereliction of duty by the Colonial Officers or suffer loss from non co-operation between those functionaries The provisions in question were purchased of the Colonial Commissioner & the cost expended by the Colonial Authorities & if the seller afterwards cancelled the bargain the Company must be entitled to receive back their purchase money – it is that purchase money which the bill represents –

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Although in ordinary Bill transactions the foregoing remarks would be unusual, the Directors beg to offer them in reference to the Commissioners reasons for dishonoring the Bill, & they exceedingly regret that measure should compel the protesting of the draft & its return to South Australia, for payment & damages to be obtained from the Colonial Authorities – [Overleaf] The Directors would have preferred could the Commissioners have interposed & prevented that loss to the Public revenue – I am &c (signed) Edmund J Wheeler [Vertical annotation on reverse side in top fold] London 1st. Aug 1838 Copy of Correspondence with Commissioners about Mr Fishers Bill – [in pencil] E J. Wheeler

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BRG 42/5/20 [New document] [In top margin] “Copy.” Sir, I humbly think I can render myself useful in the new Colony of South Australia providing you would deign to accept my humble services; I am a gardener & nurseryman bred to the \business/ by apprenticeship I am most anxious to engage in that line with the commissioners or some respectable settler going out to the settlement, as I wish to be as useful as possible, I take this early opportunity of communicating to you what I believe to be of some importance to the colony I do not hesitate to lay before you undesired the substance of many years study concerning Emigration to Australia in general. I having determined to become a settler in Van Diemens Land but the superior advantages attending on Spencers Gulph caused me to determine to go to that settlement if I possibly can humbly hoping by industry to better my condition & be found an useful member of the community at the time of the year the ships left England for the Colony it was impossible for to have conveyed out what appears to me very necessary, that is to keep pace with the other arrangements of the enterprize which appears to plant a colony furnished with all possible necessaries and convenience. In the first instance there is nothing more grateful to an Englishman than to enter his garden & see his apples, pears, plums, cherries & peaches hanging in clusters at the same time the borders of the walks will produce gooseberries, currants, & strawberries while in the further end you may see a little patch of ground studded with many a well known flower & evergreen encircling an arbor beneath a fig tree covered with a rambling vine. This would be still England only called another name; but where are those things to be procured if not sent from here Sir I ask your pardon if the pleasing idea has caused me to diverge from the subject I have taken the liberty of addressing you upon, I merely hint that a government public nursery for the growth of fruit trees for sale might be a strong inducement to settlers knowing that these things are e necessary appendage to every farm house & even cottage as well as the attraction a Government nursery would have it would afford much employment to unemployed labourers, & be likely to pay the expence of a culture & bring a handsome profit to be added to the public funds by the sale of fruit trees to the settlers in general as I before said it was a thing impossible to have conveyed out to the Colony any quantity of fruit trees seeds of trees & shrubs owing to vegetation being at the full but now in a small compass you can send out such quantities of the best qualities as will furnish a stock sufficient to propagate from to meet the demands of the colonists forever but one years delay retards 2 years growth & therefore would be a great procrastination – for instance you may send many thousand cuttings of gooseberries, currants & all such useful & ornamental trees & shrubs as are produces by cutting & merely tying them in bundles & plunging them in little barrel filled with earth, next the scions of the best pears, plums, cherries, apples &c in the same manner also the seeds of laurels, laurels in sand & strawberry plants closely packed in boxes filled with earth I will draw up such a list of fruit trees & shrubs as may be conveyed out, now is the time And should the Honble. Commissioners accept my humble services [Overleaf] services by consigning any duty to me to perform I humbly hope to be found deserving of so great an honor I must humbly solicit your attention a little longer I being so much alive to the interest of your colony that I beg leave to acquaint you that owing to my being a North of Ireland man should I go to the Colony & have reason to encourage my friends & relations to follow I may be the humble means of bringing to the settlement a class of people bred to the culture management & manufacture of flax although we are linen weavers in the North of Ireland we are as humble agriculturalists capable of taking the plough spade or loom in hands as occasion may require consequently better calculated for to assist in a new colony that cotton weavers bred to only one line of business the poverty of our country has brought us to be content upon little wanting nothing but employment & humble fare, I am at present

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______upon the London police I have also served in the Irish Establishment but left 2 years past for the purpose of going to Van Deimens Land but could not effect my purpose for want of funds to outfit consequently was obliged to enter the London Police for employment should my experience as an officer be of any use in the colony I think I could submit a system that would be adapted to the settlement for the consideration of the government of the colony I also have had an opportunity of observing on a travel through Spain & Portugal the very easy & simple means of raising water with ease from wells for arrogation of garden ground any man with 16 or 18 feet of rope, a pail, & a bucket can draw up water all day without being scarcely fatigued & in surprizing quantities I also observed their aqueducts, water wheels, & although is no stone arches in Australia there are plenty of standing trees whereon to place wooden shoots or troughs to carry pure water to any desired place, I have observed the construction of the fisheries along the western coast of Ireland particularly at the mouth of the river Shannon the activity of my mind has caused me to observe all useful arrangement that has come under my observation I wish to go with my enetrprizing countrymen to South Australia & there to spend the remainder of my life leaving my posterity in a land wherein by industry they can procure an honest sustenance for themselves and families. Kind Sir it is utterly impossible for me to make a sufficient apology for the great trouble I have put you to by reading this scrawl which is scarcely legible I am hurried to meet duty as an officer & cannot get time to write a fair copy. I shall not trespass longer than to solicit most humbly your pardon & with the greatest respect &c &c (Signed) G. R. Thompson Police constable.

Decr. 17th. 1836. [To] J. Hutt Esqr. [from G.R. Thompson] Sir, I ask your pardon for the trouble I put you to by reading this letter I most humbly solicit your perusal of the papers that accompany this, they contain the substance of many years study [Overleaf] study regarding the resources of Australia in general the superior advantages attending the new Colony at Spencers Gulf has finally determined me upon emigrating thither but owing to my humble circumstances I am under the necessity of soliciting the privilege of the free passage having nothing to offer in return save my humble exertions to the best of my abilities hoping to better the condition of myself & little family by industry & perseverance I am married & have one child I am under the limited age & my capability appears in the papers. I intrude upon you herewith & am &c – (Signed) G. Robt Thompson. [Post script] I beg leave to take the liberty of calling upon you on thursday at your office Adelphi Terrace

21st. Janry. 1837. Sir, [from G.R. Thompson] I humbly ask pardon for the liberty I have taken by thus addressing you, my doing so would be unpardonable under any other circumstances save that I consider myself as in all probability an humble servant belonging to the Honble. South Australian Co. consequently I feel it my duty to submit for your consideration an idea which is strongly impressed upon my mind my determination at one time was that I would not say any thing of it until after I landed in the Colony but owing to the very gentlemanlike way that Mr Hutt was please to explain to me the liberality of the Co. together with the obliging manner in which I been receivd by the young gentleman in your Office, it has determined me that my time & study shall be solely devoted to the full discharge of such duties as may devolve upon me & at the same time any thing coming under my observation in the settlement which may appear worthy of notice shall

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______not remain unknown unto my Honble employers consequently I beg leave respectfully to communicate to you that on overlooking the map of the Colony I find there is a lagoon of salt water which contains strong saline properties I understand the people of Sydney resort thither for it now if the sun is as strong in heat there as it is at Lisbon in Portugal this lake is most valuable nothing more in demand than good curing salt in Australia I have seen in a Sydney Gazette of 1835 the report of a meeting of the principal great stock owners in New South Wales viz Sir I Tennyson Messrs. Arthurs. [H.p. ?] who gave it as their opinions that the salt was so bad that it would be a waste of property to use the salt of the Island of New Holland & recommended the introduction of persons acquainted with the manufacturing of that article there is a place called St. Ulbes in Portugal a few leagues from Lisbon where much salt is made by admitting the sea water into receptacles called salt pans which are large shallow ponds having communication with the sea by sluices in Spring the sea water is admitted to the depth of 18 inches or 2.ft, it is then sloped & the sun evaporates the moisture leaving behind a thick crust of salt which is gathered off & more water is admitted & so on until Autumn there would not perhaps be much trouble in sinking a pond one foot deep on the border of this lagoon & the earth taken out of it would serve to embank it round to any height required a comparatively small quantity of tiles, roman cement, or composition would serve to staunch the bottom of this saltpan the situation of it of course should – [Overleaf] depend upon the local advantages of the place but if possible it should be on that side of the lake where the suns heat has most influence. However before any immediate steps would be taken it might be well done to ascertain what real properties of the water is which can easily be done by placing on the banks of the lagoon (the quantity of water contained in a yard square by 18 inches deep) in a staunch earthen vessel then let it remain until the sun would dry up the water & what salt found in the vessel would show how much could be obtained from any quantity of yards allowing for such advantages or disadvantages as a larger quantity of water might [inteal?] the process. Sir I solicit your pardon for the length of this letter I humbly hope that being activated by an humble zeal with good intentions will in some small measure plead my excuse with you for the trouble I have put you to by reading this letter I would gladly add half a dozen lines on the subject of road making but I have trespassed much too long already, & I shall conclude by saying that if I am so fortunate as to be engaged by the Co. as far as care & obedience with the best intentions can go will give place to no other servant of your Establishment at South Australia. – I am Sir, With the greatest respect &c &c (signed) I. [G.?] R. Thompson. [Below] IC No. 125 S Division at 17 Gt North St. St. John’s Wood PS. Sir, Agreeable to the directions I received from the gentleman in your office I mean to call on you this day week & I must humbly hope I may meet with your approbation – [Initials at bottom left] JH [Vertical annotation in the bottom fold of the page] [in purple ink] Decr 1836 [in black ink] Duplicate Correspondence of G R Thompson showing his qualifications. – Per “Lady Emma” Recd at Kingscote 29th Novr [in pencil] Dec 17th 1836

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BRG 42/5/21 [New document] [In top margin] Duplicate [Heading] Copy correspondence about Casks & Bricks p “” South Australian Company London 17 Decr 1838 – [to] Mr J. McCutcheon I am willing to confirm the agreement made with Capt Chesser to supply the “City of Adelaide” with Casks to be used for water during the voyage out upon the same terms viz to be delivered with ships boats & crew above high water mark free of expence at Kingscote, Nepean Bay, Kangaroo Island, the owners of the ship paying 5/- p tun for their use 2 months after her clearance outwards – I would wish also to have the option of shipping specie by the “City of Adelaide” should the Directors determine upon remitting it, & you will be pleased to state as much, & your approval to their terms, viz freight at 1% to be delivered free of any other expence at the Bank of South Australia, Adelaide within 7 days of the ships reporting at Adelaide – A few days notice is required to prepare the casks any number of which & sizes from 300 gallons downwards can be had – I am &c (signed) Edmund J Wheeler Manager

London 28 Decr 1838 [to] E.J.Wheeler Esq In reply to your respected favor of 17th. Inst. – I agree to take the water Casks for the “City of Adelaide” agreeable to your proposal, & will also feel obliged for what specie you may put on board, upon the terms therein stated – I am &c (Signed) John McCutcheon

[Overleaf] South Australian Company London 29 Decr 1838 – [to] J. McCutcheon Esq In answer to your application yesterday at this Office for dead weight to be shipped on board the “City of Adelaide” I have to offer you about 20 tons Bricks at a freight of 20/- p ton with 5% primage deliverable free of any other expence with ships boats & crew above high water mark, reasonable breakage being allowed for (due care being taken by the ship) at Adelaide, or if required by the Company’s representative in South Australia at Kingscote, Nepean Bay, Kangaroo Island – upon receiving your assent to these conditions the necessary orders shall be given for immediate shipment – I am &c (signed) Edmund J Wheeler Manager

London 29 Decr 1838 [to] E. J. Wheeler Esq In reply to yours of this date – I beg to accept of your offer of about 20 Tons Bricks for the “City of Adelaide” – upon the conditions therein stated – and will be obliged by your allowing them to be sent alongside as soon as possible I am &c (signed) Jno McCutcheon [initials in bottom left margin] G. C.

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BRG 42/5/22 [New document] [Heading in top margin] Copy of Agreement for Bricks & Goods p “Mary Ridgway” Clements Lane 27 Decr 1838. [to] E. J. Wheeler Esq We beg to tender the first class ship “Mary Ridgway” Wm. Chesser Comr lying in the London Dock for the conveyance of Twenty Tons of Bricks to Adelaide South Australia for your Company at the freight of Twenty shillings p ton with 5% Primage & shall feel obliged by your having them sent alongside as early as possible We are &c (signed) Arnold V Woolett [Post script] With reference to the preceding we also agree that the Bricks shall be landed above high water mark with ships boats & crew free of expence to the Consignee: also that the Company’s representative may require them to be landed at Kingscote should the vessel be proceeding there – (signed) Arnold V Woolett Agents to the Owners of the “Mary Ridgway”

South Australian Company 28th. Decr 1838 [to] Messrs. Arnold V Woolett – I beg to acknowledge receipt of your tender of the “Mary Ridgway” for the conveyance of 20 Tons of Bricks to Adelaide at 20\s//- p ton freight with 5% primage, having at foot an agreement that they should be delivered at Kingscote, Kangaroo Island should the Companys representative in South Australia require it, & on behalf of the Directors, I now accept your offer – I am &c (signed) Edmund J Wheeler [Post script] The shipment of the Bricks will be completed with all despatch – [Initials in bottom left margin] [?]

[Overleaf] 17, St. Dunstans Hill, Tower St 14 Feby 1839. [to] E. J. Wheeler Esq Understanding that you have Goods for shipment to South Australia we beg to inform you we shall be happy to take not exceeding Ten tons measurement p the “Mary Ridgway” at the rate of (45\s//) forty five shillings p ton of forty cubic feet & 5 pct primage the Goods to be landed at either Adelaide or Kingscote at the option of your Manager in South Australia with ships boats & crew above high water mark at your risk, Two small pipes or butts of liquids to be reckoned One Ton, large pipes or butts to be taken by measurement of Forty cubic feet to the Ton – Capt Chesser desires us to request you will be kind enough to order the shipment of the specie on Tuesday next, on which day the vessel will leave the London Docks – We are &c (signed) Tinkler & Hancock

South Australian Company 14 Feby 1839. [to] Messrs. Tinkler & Hancock In reply to your letter of this date tendering the “Mary Ridgway” for the conveyance of Ten Tons measurement goods to be delivered at either at Adelaide or Kingscote, in South Australia, I beg to state that I accede to the terms proposed by you & will ensure the

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BRG 42/5/23 [New document] [Heading in top margin] Copy correspondence with Mr Gouger about Town acre – 15 Prospect Place, Wandsworth Rd 25 Jany 1839 [To] The Directors of the South Australian Company Gentlemen At my request you were kind enough some months ago to give orders to your colonial agent to exchange (on my paying the sum of ₤6) acre 638 in Adelaide for 106, 638 being rendered exceedingly valuable to me from a cause which I expressed when the request was first made. I am a little surprised to observe in No 8 of South Australian that 106 is just sold for ₤175, but by whom is not specified, & as I know it is not your intention to sell the property you possess in the town, while on the other hand Mr Morphett, my agent was fully acquainted with every arrangement with you about that acre, a fact which would prevent his selling that acre though desired by any one, I cannot but think the mistake is with the printer, & that some other acre was intended to have been announced as sold – Nevertheless in order to prevent my suffering by any error which may have crept into the arrangement, I beg to request that you will be good enough to accept from me No 107 in exchange for 638, instead of 106, should I find that acre has passed away from me, & not to you in the manner proposed – [Overleaf] I trust the slight difference in the position will not be considered objectionable indeed the acre now mentioned to be substituted for 106 in case of need, seems to me to be a little more valuable – I have the honor to be &c (signed) Robert Gouger

South Australian Company London 28th. Jany 1839 – [to] R. Gouger Esq In reply to your letter of 25 Inst. addressed to the Directors of this Company concerning the exchange of one of your town acres for one of the Company’s which you fear may be retarded from the possible sale of the acre you were originally to transfer. I have to inform you that the Directors at their Board on friday last came to the following resolutions viz – “That the Directors have every wish to accommodate Mr. Gouger in the exchange of acre No 638 in the City of Adelaide & that Mr. McLaren be instructed to accept Mr Gouger’s acre No 107 provided his acre No 106 should have been sold, & that the substitution be not injurious to the Company’s interests” – Instructions to the foregoing effect will be sent Mr. McLaren by the first opportunity & the Company hope the arrangement will be satisfactory to you – I am &c (signed) Edmund J Wheeler Manager [Vertical annotation in purple ink in right margin in centre fold] R. Gouger respecting Town Acre 25th Jany 1839

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BRG 42/5/24 [New document] [Annotation in top margin in red ink] 2/10/39 Grote St., 2d. Feby. 1839. [to] David McLaren Esqre Sir In conformity with your instructions that I should examine the, S. W. portion of Section A. at the New Port with reference to the facilities it presents for the construction of a Wharf and Warehouses and report to you thereon I beg leave to state as follows. I have carefully examined that portion of the Section referred to by you and have to state that the present Government reserves occupy the whole of the most desirable water frontage and if adhered to by the Government will put you to very great additional expence and inconvenience The Government reserves in this part of the section as at present laid out amounts to about 30 chains of Water frontage, about 23 of which are on the Western side of the main road and 7 on the Eastern. that on the West is so laid out as to throw the frontage of your land 3 chains back from the water in addition to this the extreme western end of the section is the most valuable inasmuch as it is raised beyond the level of the high water On different days on which I have examined it lately being days of extremely high spring tides I have invariably found some 5 or 6 acres at the end quite dry and hard the whole of the remainder [Overleaf] of the section (except in some places a very narrow line immediately behind the mangroves) having been more or less covered by the tide. The Government reserve occupy a part of this elevated land. As I presume the Government would not abandon any part of their reserve on the western side on account of its being firm \building/ ground, allows me to suggest that if they would be induced to give you up that on the Eastern side of the road in exchange for an equivalent quantity in some other part of the Section you would be enabled to construct a wharf at as low an outlay as on any part of the Government reserve on the W. side and the distance thence to the firm ground on which I would recommend the erection of warehouses is so short as to be of comparative little importance at the same time allow me to add, that the ground immediately adjoining the place where I would recommend the construction of the wharf at the occasionally covered by a very high spring tides might at a moderate expence be raised sufficiently above their influence and warehouses erected thereon immediately contiguous to the wharf should it be in your opinion more desirable than to have them at a distance. You will be pleased to bear in mind that the situation of the wharf now proposed by me is [Overleaf] well down the harbour, that all the vessels which frequented the harbour up to the beginning of this year including several of near 600 tons were moored much higher up that vessels of that tonnage might be both above and below the wharf in deep water, that a road can be formed from Adelaide to this spot at one half of the expence of that to the North Channel and that the Distance would be about 2 miles less. I have the honour to be Sir Your obedt. Servant. (signed) G S. Kingston. Civil Engineer

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South Australian Cy. Adelaide 5th Feby 1839 [to] G S Kingston Esqr Civil Engineer Sir, I have to acknowledge the favour of your esteemed letter of the 2nd Inst on the subject of the Section A at the proposed New port & beg to request information on the following points connected with the same subject – As the Government has kindly relinquished in favour of the South Australian Company the proprietorship of that portion of the water frontage which is on the eastern side of the main road which it was formerly proposed to include in the reserves – I should be happy to have your opinion as to the most adviseable measures to be adopted to render that or any other part of the Section which is the property of the Co. available for the purpose of Wharfage Storage &c and in particular I wish to know what kind of road you would recommend being formed there, that is to say of what material and construction – of what dimensions – the probable expense and the length of time which you think may be required to complete it – also I wish to know the kind of Wharf you would recommend to be erected there – the nature and extent of the embankment which may be required to render that portion of the section available or which you consider it would be adviseable to undertake at present – the probable expense and length of time required – And finally altho’ great uncertainty must attach to all anticipations of the results of such undertakings – I shall feel much gratified by your stating to me you opinion of the advantages which may be fairly expected to arise therefrom, particularly the return the Co may calculate on as revenue from the expenditure contemplated, in forming the said road and wharf &c &c supposing that His Excellency the Governor, should agreeably to a communication which I had the honour of receiving from his private Secretary on 26 Ulmo “with the consent of Council” “allow a remunerating toll to be imposed” – In forming such an estimate I wish your calculations to be characterized by moderation and to be rather under the mark than over it – as large allowances always require to be made for unforseen defalcations & contingencies. – Soliciting the favor of your reply at your first convenience I remain &c &c David McLaren Manager S A Co [Below] No written reply Recd the first parts answered verbally D McL. [Vertical annotation on reverse side in centre fold] No 5. [in pencil] Feb 2, [in ink] 1839 [Annotation in blue pencil] 14 MO Correspondence with G S Kingston Esqr respecting Section A 2/5 Feby. –

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BRG 42/5/25 [New document] [In top margin] Duplicate [Heading] Copy of Correspondence with Commissioners about , delays there &c – London 9 April 1839 [To] R Hill Esq. I am instructed by the Board of Directors of this Company to bring under the notice of the Colonization Commissioners the great delay incurred by almost every vessel proceeding to Adelaide in the discharge of her Cargo – a detention of 1, 2, or even 3 months frequently occurs by which not only a most serious expence is entailed upon the ship owner & injury done to the remaining voyages of his vessel, but a strong & hurtful prejudice is arising calculated to give one of the most fatal checks to its advancement which the Colony has ever experienced. The opportunities which several of the Directors possess of frequent communication with many leading ship owners & merchants have induced the present representation to your Board the Company being satisfied of the extensive existence of such a feeling which induces many vessels to be sent to other places where greater expedition is secured – This opinion is verified by the fact that the Company that the Company had fixed friday last for receiving tenders for freight of goods to South Australia, & did not obtain a single offer, & it is also corroborated by a report (presumed to be correct) that on the same day scarcely any tenders were made for the Commissioners Emigrants to go out in June – [Overleaf] So far from the probability of such a result, the opportunity of both passengers & goods to the Colony would be in ordinary cases stimulate competition – The Directors make the present representation from the sole motive of benefit of the Colony, & they beg respectfully to suggest to the Commissioners whether some means cannot be devised to remedy the evil – whether the interests of the Colony would not deserve the speedy construction at the public expence of a proper wharf or landing place, accessible at all times of the tide by vessels of the tonnage usual in the Australian trade & whether it may not be expedient to promulgate a general notice that instructions had been given to the local authorities to afford every facility to vessels in discharging their Cargoes – The Directors beg to be absolved from any supposition of a desire to dictate to the Commissioners, but they have ventured to offer the preceding remarks for the consideration of your Board, who might expect that the Company in soliciting their attention to the evil should suggest some measures calculated for its remedy – I am &c (Signed) Edmund J Wheeler Manager [initials at bottom left] G C

[Overleaf] South Australian Colonization Office Adelphi Terrace, 13 April 1839. [To] E. J. Wheeler Esq I have submitted to the Board your letter of the 9th. Inst. pointing out the great delay incurred by vessels proceeding to Adelaide in the discharge of their cargoes & suggesting means for obviating such delays in future – In reply I am directed to thank the Directors of the South Australian Company for the communication, a copy of which will be transmitted to Colonel Gawler by the “Somersetshire”, with a request that he will give immediate attention to it, & a promise of pecuniary assistance to any moderate extent in carrying into effect the plan suggested –

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I have to add that the Commissioners also contemplate supplying the Colonial Government with a Steam Tug – I am &c (signed) Rowland Hill Secretary [Initials at left margin] G C [Vertical annotation on reverse side in centre fold] [in pencil] E J Wheeler 9 April 1839 [in ink] Correspondence with R. Hill Esq. as to Port Wharfs &c – 1839 [Annotation in red pencil] 5 & 6 [in pencil] 9 April [Annotation in red pencil with each numeral being circled] 8 & 9

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BRG 42/5/26 [New document] [Bundle of six letters bound in the margin with blue ribbon] [Heading] Extracts from Letters concerning the “New Wharf.” David McLaren to George Hall 16th. April 1839. Sir, Agreeably to the conversations, which I have had the honor of having with His Excellency The Governor, on the Subject of constructing a Wharf at the proposed New Port, on that portion of Land, belonging to the South Australian Compy. usually denominated Section A. on the Eastern banks of the river or Creek leading to Port Adelaide, and a few miles lower down than the present landing place, I have the honor of stating for the information of His Excellency, that as the Manager of that Company, I have great pleasure in acceeding to His Excellency’s Wishes; At the same time as the expenditure in the construction of the Wharf, and in forming a Road to that Wharf, and the necessary accompanying Works will be very Great, I am desirous of knowing as far as His Excellency may think proper to communicate to me, his sentiments, or what he should think proper to recommend to the Council [overleaf] as to the mode and extent of reimbursement to the Company, viz if by means of a Toll on the Road for the expence of the road – what per centage of annual return on the Capital expended, the manner in which any deficiency of that return in any one year would be made up, and what provision would be made for liquidating the original expenditure, And as to the expence in constructing the Wharf, if the reimbursement shall be by means of a Charge on those Vessels which use the Wharf, I shall be happy to learn whether or not, His Excellency would consider it necessary, that the Council should interfere in regulating that charge, and if so, on what principles, as to the extent of the remuneration; As the Wharf will be the Private property of the South Australian Compy. and on their own land, it can only be the annual return, which will require to be considered, As part of that Section has been reserved, as the site of a Custom House, and other public purpose, I presume I am entitled to depend on the Government erecting the Custom House &c for Port Adelaide, in the event of the South Austn. Company constructing a suitable Wharf, and forming a proper Road. And as part of the Water frontage has been in like manner [overleaf] reserved by the Government, I presume I may depend upon that portion of Land being appropriated to the general indiscriminate advantage of the Public, and not for any private emolument or purpose. “For the purpose of carrying more certainty into effect the objects contemplated, in the formation of this New Port, I had the honor of pointing out to His Excellency, two slight alterations, which might be necessary, to which I trust His Excellency will accede, both I consider essential, particularly that relative to including \in/ the Companys property, the bed of a Creek pointed out by me to His Excellency, as I should not consider myself justified in engaging in such an undertaking as is now contemplated while the slightest danger existed of the South Australian Compy. as the Proprietors of that land being at any future period brought into collision with any party as to their right to and their occupation of that property” I have the honor to be David McLaren P. S. In my letter of this day notwithstanding the extreme length of it, I omitted to refer to the expence of maintaining the road and Wharf in repair, I presume

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[overleaf] the revenue to be secured, will be Nett, after repairs and Current Charges are defrayed – Please excuse this additional trouble and believe me dear Sir, Yours very Sincerely David McLaren

David McLaren to George Hall. 25th. April 1839 Sir, I had the honor of your letter of the 19th. Inst. relative to the formation of a road to the proposed New Port, at Section A. and the construction of a Wharf there, & am persuaded from the statement of the general Terms which His Excellency has been pleased to say he would press upon The Council, the final arrangements will be satisfactory, I have to state for the information of His Excellency that under this impression, I have advertised for Tenders for forming the Road accordingly, and have ordered a Cargo of Timber to be brought by the Co Schooner, the “”, for the purpose of constructing the Wharf The line of Road proposed is that laid down on the Map at the Survey Office; leading from the North East corner of the Preliminary Country Section No “443” to Section “A.” [overleaf] namely to that part of it, which was reserved by His Excellency for Public purposes. I have therefore the honour to request, the concurrence of His Excellency to that line of road, and to the construction of a Wharf, suitable to the necessities of the Port, of the Capital of the province – By undertaking and completing these measures (if I shall have the honor of completing them) I hope to promote the general interest of the Colony, particularly those of the Commercial & Shipping Classes – to improve the property and revenue of the South Australian Company and to secure the approbation of His Excellency, Other objects I have none I have the honor to be Your most Obt. Servt. (Signed) David Mc Laren Manager S. A. Co.

David McLaren to George Hall. Adelaide 22nd Jany. 1840. Sir I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of this date, in which you inform me “that His Excellency the Governor and” “Resident Commissioner” will direct a certain number of Piles to be driven into the earth, along the Bank of The Canal, which is in process of formation by the side of [overleaf] The Company’s Road at “Section A.” His Excellency being satisfied from personal examination of the premisses that this measure is necessary for the support of the embankment. You have also informed me that the Surveyor General, has been directed to alter the line of reserved Road at the back of “Section A.” according to my wish, but that it must be carried across the Creek by a Bridge, and not by a dam or Causeway, I beg thro you to return His Excellency the Governor and Resident Commissioner my most respectful thanks, for the personal attention shewn by His Excellency to these subjects & for the favourable manner in which His Excellency has been pleased to comply with my requests. I shall do myself the honor of waiting upon His Excellency too morrow, between the hours of one & two for the purpose of submitting to His Excellency, a further part of my contemplated plan of operations at Section A., which I think would be of the Very Greatest importance and

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______benefit to the Province, and that immediately, but to the undertaking and effectually carrying on of which the command of the Creek seems necessary. [overleaf] I indulge the hope that the advantages which would be thereby secured to the Shipping and Commercial Interests of the Province will be considered by His Excellency as so great and certain as to induce His Excellency to afford me to that extent the co-operation of His Excellency & of The Government. I have the honor to be Sir Your mo. Obt. Sert. (Signed) David McLaren Manager

[overleaf] [Heading] Extracts from Letters – concerning the “New Wharf” – David McLaren to George Hall 26th. June 1840 “You will please assure His Excellency that as he has been pleased to express a wish that I should press upon the Directors “the great importance” of proper landing places at the New Port, and good rail road communication between it and the Capital, I shall have great pleasure in complying with His Excellency’s request, but the transmission to the Board, of His Excellency’s opinions will render that in a great degree unnecessary, especially as my previous correspondence on these subjects has been very decided”

David McLaren to A, M, Mundy 9th. July 1840, Sir, I had the honor of receiving yesterday afternoon your Letter dated the 7th. Inst. informing me “that His Excellency proposes to throw immediately a Bridge or Causeway over the head of the Canal at Section A New Port near to the spot at which there is now a temporary Causeway, and requesting that I would inform him whether in the event of the proposed construction being carried in the prolongation of the line of the Road at the back of the Section, I would on behalf of [overleaf] the Company guarantee half the Cost of the work, leaving the prosecution of it altogether in the hands of the Government” In reply I have the honor of stating for the information of His Excellency, that I shall be happy on the part of the Company to co-operate with the Government in that matter, in the manner proposed. At the same time, I shall be happy to receive a more minute statement of the work to be done, and of the expence, than is contained in the Letter from G. S. Kingston Esqr. which you did me the honor to send me, and which I now return enclosed, If a Bridge shall be thought of instead of a Causeway, I shall be happy to receive the estimate of that also, which you have had the kindness to say should be forwarded to me, I have the honor to be Sir, &c &c [Below] Returned letter, G S. Kingston to Mr. Mundy, Estimating expense of Causeway at ₤250 – dimensions 40 feet wide at top

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David McLaren to A. M Mundy 11th. July 1840 Sir, I had the honor of receiving yesterday your letter of the 11th. Inst. accompanying a detailed estimate for the projected Causeway at the head of the Canal at Section A New Port, amounting to ₤254.3.2d. and informing me that Mr. Kingston in this Estimate, has calculated on using New Zealand Timber but recommends native Gums being used instead in which case the estimate would be [overleaf] ₤300.2.8d. In reply I fully concur in Mr. Kingston’s opinion that native Gums should be used in preference to New Zealand Timber, but I have reason to believe that the additional expense is not necessary, but that native Gum of the dimensions specified may be procured deliverable at the Port at the Price at which the Timber is calculated in that Estimate, namely 3/6 Per foot, I am &c – [Below] William Giles to R. R. Torrens 22d Jany 1841, Regarding another Watchman for the Wharf [Vertical annotation on reverse side in centre fold] [in pencil] 1839 – 41 [in ink] Copy Correspondence with the Governmt. respecting the Wharf [in pencil] McLaren David 16th. April 1839 [annotation in red pencil] 7 & 8 [annotation circled in red pencil] 10 & 12

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BRG 42/5/27 [New document] My dear Sir Allow me very particularly to recommend to yr. kindness & advice Mr John Ashton whom I believe to be a very intelligent & respectable young man settling with some property in yr Colony I shall feel much obliged by any services you can render him Yrs very truly Raikes Currier [Below] Cornhill 20th May 1839 [On reverse side in centre fold] London 20, May 1839 – Raikes Currier Introducing Mr. Ashton –

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BRG 42/5/28 [New document] [Heading] Copy Correspondence with Mr. B. F. Hopkins – 19 Exchange Buildings 24 June 1839 – [to] The Directors of the South Australian Company – Presuming that you are unacquainted with the circumstances under which my Son Francis Charles Hopkins has been placed during his residence at Kangaroo Island as a Clerk of the South Australian Company, I take the liberty of presenting to your notice the following Statement – He left England in the ship “Hartley” Capt Fewson in May 1837, under an engagement with the Company for four years – taking date from the time of his arrival in the Colony, at a progressive Salary of 70, 90, 100 & 110 ₤ p annum On his arrival at Kangaroo Island he was placed in the wholesale Store – he boarded with a Mr. Beare at 25/- p week, this charge with the addition of washing ₤13, left him minus ₤8 without taking into account clothing and other incidental expences – Mr. Beare having left the Island for what is termed the Main Land, obliged my son to seek another abode – In his last letter he states that he was boarding with Mr. Giles, whose family was at that time the only respectable one left on the Island, he was paying that gentleman 30/- p week for Board only having a sleeping room elsewhere, the charge for which I am unacquainted with – [initials in left margin] [?] [overleaf] Upon his making application to your local Manager Mr. McLaren – his salary had been increased ₤10 – that is from 90 to 100 – this the second year; now from this amount he has to pay Mr. Giles for board ₤78 – washing ₤13 – together ₤91 – leaving lodging, clothing & other expences out of the question – I have to apologize for thus claiming your attention – but Gentlemen you will I am sure allow that it is very disheartening to a young man to be so situated – The friendly aid of Mr. Angas placed him in your office, upon the first formation of the Company – his conduct has ever been irreproachable, & it is with confidence I respectfully submit his case to your consideration – I have the honor to be &c (signed) B. F. Hopkins –

4 New Broad St – London 6 July 1839 [to] B. F. Hopkins Esq – As I find you have not received any official answer to your letter of 24th. Ulto. addressed to the Directors, concerning the position of your Son Mr. F. C. Hopkins in the Company’s service in South Australia – I now beg to observe that your communication was duly laid before the Board, who have directed its reference to Mr. McLaren their Manager in the Colony that from his perfect acquaintance with all circumstances of [overleaf] of Mr. F. Hopkins’ case, it may receive that treatment which will be just to all parties– I remain &c (signed) Edmund Wheeler Manager [Vertical annotation on reverse side in centre fold] Copy Correspondence with Mr Hopkins as to Mr. F. C. Hopkins 24 June 1839 – [in pencil] E J Wheeler

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BRG 42/5/29 [New document] [In top margin] (Duplicate) [Heading] Copy of Correspondence about Registration South Australian Co. 3 July 1839 [to] R Hill Esqr I am instructed by the Directors of this Company to respectfully enquire whether any system of registration has yet been established by law in South Australia or whether the Colonization Commissioners have any expectation of the early perfection of a measure of that nature. In the commencement of the Colony some plans were devised to establishing a registration of property in which it is believed Captn. Hindmarsh, & Messrs Fisher & Mann took an active part, & the Company would be obliged by any particulars concerning what has been done, or is likely to be carried into effect as they have much interest in the matter & are inclined to make advances on the Colonial Lands, immediately an efficient system of registration shall afford the adequate security. Should circumstances have hitherto prevented the maturity of any such measure the Directors hope it will shortly receive the attention of the Colonization Commissioners who will probably admit the great benefit the Colony would experience from affording land holders means for improving their property [initials in bottom left margin] HH [overleaf] & the encouragement which would be given to the purchase of lands by the knowledge that fair advances could always be obtained on its security. – I am &c (signed) Edmund J Wheeler

South Australian Colonization Office July 6th. 1839 [to] E J Wheeler Esqr In reply to your letter of the 3rd. Inst. enquiring whether any system of registration (of titles to land) has been established in South Australia, and intimating the intention of the South Australian Company to make advances on land so soon as an efficient system of registration shall have been adopted, I have to acquaint you that the Commissioners have not as yet been advised of the establishment of such system of registration. – The Commissioners have repeatedly recommended to the Colonial Government the immediate adoption of the measure now under consideration, and they believe that it is delayed solely by the pressure of business; but they will transmit to Coll. Gawler a copy of your letter and again urge the importance of immediate attention to the subject, which, as the Directors are aware is all they are empowered to do I am &c (signed) Rowland Hill [Vertical annotation on reverse side in centre fold] Copy Correspondence with Rowland Hill as to Registrations 3, July 1839

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BRG 42/5/30 [New document] [Annotation in top margin in pencil] (Copy) Adelaide July 10th. 1839 Gentlemen Your letter of the [space] came duly to hand as also the duplicates of the same in answer to mine of Feby. 17th. and which you pleased to remark did not contain the detail or any occurrences on the voyage, the reasons are as follows Gentn. this the greater part of the voyage, I was too Ill to attend to any matter of business, and secondly that no occurrence took place on board worthy of notice, my remarks upon Kangaroo Isle, you are pleased to say were very acceptable, but that you are nevertheless at a loss to form a correct opinion of what transpired – what I wrote to you was a fair & impartial statement of what I saw, & what I knew. It is true I heard much but do you Gentlemen expect me to polute my paper with the filth daily emanating from such sources – When I wrote you I had nothing to influence me in favor of Mr. S Stephens he had not, nor did he seem disposed to carry out the arrangement made between yourselves & the humble writer, as such I clearly foresaw the first chance would be irretrievably lost, this has to my great loss been fully confirmed. – I now painfully enter fully into the way in which I have been employed, ill used & openly insulted by the Company’s servants. Instead of finding a house as I was led by Mr. Angas to expect, was ready for me, I was compelled to lie on the ends of Bags full of corn – Soon after I had a tent fixed up on the point, about 300 yards from the landing place, no sooner had my seeds made their appearance than I was desired to remove, for why, I could never learn, at this time I commenced with the other officers of the Company to mount Guard on alternate nights, so insecure was the store considered at this time, that a constant watch was kept night & day, but when I was placed by day in the store, & the canvass [initials in bottom left margin] HH [overleaf] had become decayed nearly all round, so much so that the least wind exposed all in it; then I repeat, it was left to itself, & was continually robbed.– My previous employ to this was to walk round the beach to & from the Boat Builders & people employed on the beach, in this particular it was absolutely necessary to exhibit every forbearance & to use every concilliatory language, and in answer I have repeatedly the most dreadful threats even to loss of life, accompanied with the most obscene language, & withall this you say you hope a more forbearing spirit will be evinced – On the 10th.Jany. 1837 as I before advised you I was appointed Chief Constable of Kangaroo Island, this I am now informed set me in array against the Managers of the Company & identified me as a Government Man or opposed to the Company – I much regret one of your Honorable Board not resided here that you might be convinced how much more politics are fostered than common honesty & sobriety & attention to the wants of those in need – this is my return for having on all occasions vindicated the measures of the Company – I am also taunted with being a spy, & writing to the Board of all that transpired, in consequence a systematic plan of annoyance has been most fully acted upon which Mr Stranger, Captn. Pearson, Captn. Rolls, Captn. Nelson & others can fully testify – upon being informed by Mr. Beare I was to leave, or remove my tent, I asked him where I was to remove to, he replied very angrily; at last being weary of mentioning the subject I pressed him hard, he replied, he should be measuring land shortly for others & he would fix on a Scite; I shortly after heard he was laying out garden & purposed I should take a piece adjoining his, he measured off ½ an acre saying at the time, what a very eligible spot this would be for a boarding house & that he would endeavour to prevail on Mr Stephens – hoping that he would order the same from Hobart Town – In consequence I [overleaf] cleared the ground of a vast quantity of large timber I had it dug & fenced with a high & close fence & had planted about 10 Rod of Potatoes, when I met Mr. Beare quite by accident who

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______told me I could take off what I had planted, but that I could neither sow nor plant any more in the ground for that it was given to Captn. Martin, I therefore lost the season – Gentlemen is this justice[,] is this treatment to be endured.[?] Not content with this Mr Beare even took one side of the fence down, & took in 8 ft planted with my potatoes, the whole length of the garden, without the slightest notice, & actually the timber I had cut & stacked was carried into his yard & consumed, & which cost me much labor & expence , indeed nearly to 60 pounds sterling – I was then told I might go any where I chose; I cleared a third spot, when done, I was told it was to near Mr. Stephens & must give it up, & yet on this very spot a large house was being built for Mr. Mildred !!! quite enough for an hotel – I was then directed to a house lately occupied by Mr Stephens to which no garden could not be attached, it being so near the beach – I then was desired to take the retail store – I remonstrated in consequence of the delapidated state of the canvass cover – I was told a better should be built – A new one was erected & for 10 weeks was unused – I many times complained of the insecure state of the store & asked to leave it, this Mr. McLaren Junr can inform you of on his arrival. – Thus with anxiety, with broken rest by mounting Guard, & being called up frequently to quell the disorderly; I been reduced to a state of nervous sensibility or excitement – & to add to my sufferings & disappointments, I am since called on to pay a large diffiency arising from various causes; a great loss being sustained by the very bad state in which the scales are, Mr. Giles himself has seen that in those used to weigh Tea, they require above one oz to turn them consequently as I mostly weighed tea in ¼ of pounds a loss was sustained of 25 p cent – the same on flour – On Oil a great loss, as I was expected to retail by [overleaf] the pint & half pint; in short a great allowance ought to have been made on all goods retailed or they cannot return the cost – many goods have spoiled by the rain coming in – the state of the Store is so notorious, & as often remarked by all strangers, a Bullock might at any time walk in, & goods have been seen at night laid ready to be taken away, this has been repeatedly noticed by the Captains & who have even seen goods taken out as they went to their Boats – Another most serious matter as connected with the Store was the great loss on Beef & Pork there not being a sufficient allowance for Salt & Brine, as it is well known that salt alone frequently exists to the depth of 4 inches in the bottom of the casks of Pork, & that Brine to the amount of a pail full will run out when the head is taken out, surely then this must be allowed for. – With these several facts in your possession surely Gentlemen you cannot ask me to pay this large diffiency; but ere I can have your answer I fear I shall be stript of all I possess unless my letter forwarded to you p my brother in December has reached you but which gave but an outline of this unfortunate affair; my Salary was discontinued immediately I went into the store & an allowance of 5 p cent was allowed me on the cash paid but which was all stopped (with other amounts for Goods I had sold the Company) to reduce the deficiency, another thing I beg you to take into your most serious consideration that is the amount is much larger than it ought to appear in consequence of these goods being charged the Retail price to me so that there is not this positive loss of [space] sterling – I must say if there was any shadow of reason for my being charged at all it should only have been at cost price the difference of which & that of selling in many things was enormous – I am the person on whom the odium & loss is to fall, though I seen before I had the store, goods sold by the guess, and Sugar 21 ounces to the pound sold there; & yet no check was then kept, Beer, Sugar, Wine, & other goods have been taken out of the wholesale store without an entry – I myself have had Wine & Goods which have never been entered [overleaf] nor did any one know I possessed them though they were always sent to my dwelling; nor would any notice been taken of them had I not mentioned & debited myself with them in settling up – The time ( beginning of December) now arrived which it was thought advisable to make a charge. – I was now removed once more to a house built by Mr. Williams, a foreman of the Company over the carpenters & adjoining was an old Tent put up – too hot for

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______fine weather, too cold for the rainy season, here it was intimated to me I must do something for myself & I who came here to manage an hotel at a Salary was told I must pay rent, I replied if I did try, I could pay no rent for 3 years – Mr. Stephens & Mr. McLaren said yes, now immediately – I declined, the reply was I might go to the main or Adelaide – that I must put up with the long tent & a Bull tent for myself, surely this was worthy of one who is preaching the Gospel of peace – I who had been so frequently laid up with severe illness – here was no alternative submit I must, I did, what is the consequence? In hot weather no one can sit in the tent, & at night it is very cold for weeks – I have not earned one shilling in it – I applied to Mr. Stephens for land, he said he had no instructions, he would not let me any, where I wanted it – & I was compelled to go to others; Mr. Morphett let me an acre No 6 North Terrace on which I have built the tent & erected a rush kitchen & all I have done with the assistance of one Man. – I have had but one gentleman in the place, A house I cannot call it since I erected it. – so much for the Grand Hotel the “Africane” people were led to expect – & were it not for a few benevolent friends I might have starved for the Company.– On the return of the “Rapid” from England the gentlemen came here but could not take them in – thus I am placed, & on remonstrating with Mr. McLaren, he tells me to my face that the Company never contemplated being Coffee House keepers. – May I be allowed to ask did the Company ever contemplate being Hucksters, letting out Saddles at 2s/6d pr day, did they ever [overleaf] contemplate selling pitch at 1s/- a pound, or did they intend that a retail store should be opened at which I myself or other persons so connected or situated should be refused goods therefrom, at which store managed till lately by Mr. Brown, I have applied for goods & ten\d/ered the cash & been refused, being told I must procure an order from Mr. E Stephens, & this at a time when no other person sold the article namely Butter. – I applied and was told by this Individual that none but Company servants could so purchase (a week previous I was one) – though it is notorious many persons unconnected with the Company obtain goods there – this would in the eyes of some appear to be taking especial care of the Company’s property – but the way in which the Companys goods here are exposed removes at once all idea of this fact. – The state to which I am now reduced to prevents me I regret to say taking up the second Bail amounting to ₤54, & as a quietus Mr. McLaren has instructed Mr. Mann to issue a writ to enforce payment as also for the whole balance & for 60 pounds which was advanced on my coming out here; being left without the means of beginning without it, & has actually applied to the Judge that the usual course of Justice shall be altered to enable him to confine me – having been compelled to mortgage my Lease & premises to repay & finish them thus whishing to prevent me doing justice to the rest of my creditors. – I have offered to pay one pound sterling p week untill the Directors will please to communicate their intentions. – this they will not accept being more willing to see me in a prison – but at present “might does not overcome right”. – I hope also you will be pleased to take into consideration the ruinous difference in price of all provisions how widely different to what I had a right to expect – the first & only years salary would scarcely keep me. – It has been hinted I have made money in the Island, I pledge my honour that all I have made & saved was ₤65 with which I had to buy stock, erect Buildings, enclose, buy a License ₤10, & [overleaf] other small matters and when this & the ₤60 was laid out I had not half a stock. – Thus Gentlemen I have endeavoured to lay before you, all my grievances, and shall leave the case in your hands, being fully satisfied, I shall have as I have on all occasions expressed to other, have justice meeted out with an unspairing hand, being confident all will be realized. – Your worthy Chairman on your part has promised for the truth of the above particulars, and as a voucher for my humble efforts to carry out the views of the Company I have obtained the signatures of a few of my friends, some of whom were my fellow passengers in the “Africane” for the Sum of ₤119 odd. –

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This evening July 19 I had a writ put into my hands, this sum I can only pay by weekly instalments which has been refused.– I must now trust to the law for relief not receiving it from the Preacher of the Gospel. – It is reported currently here I have money – Unfortunately a friend has rose such a report from my seeming parsimony he not being aware how many calls I have on me. – I have to apologise for so long a scrawl which in my present state of mind is the best I am able to perform.– I therefore beg to subscribe myself Gentlemen Your most obedt Servt. (signed) Hy. Deacon [Vertical annotation on reverse side in centre fold] Copy Letters H. Deacon to the Directors of the S. A. Co. 10, July 1838

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BRG 42/5/31 [New document] [Heading] Copies of Testimonials in favour of Mr. J. C. Dixon Arigna Co’s. Office 9 Liverpool St. 2 Octr. 1839 [to] E J Wheeler Esqr. Sir, I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday’s date on the subject of Mr. Dixon’s fitness in all respects to fill the situation of Accountant and Bookkeeper in the service abroad of the South Australian Company. In reply I have to inform you that Mr J C Dixon filled the situation of resident Agent at the Arigna Co’s. Iron Works for about three years, & nothing could exceed the zeal, ability, correctness, & integrity with which he fulfilled his duties. – His Personal conduct & manners were concilliatory. – Indeed I can conscientiously state I am so persuaded would every other Director that I know of no point as a Clerk or Agent in which he is deficient. – He is I think a little hard of hearing but he responds immediately & we have never found it militate against his efficiency.– His correspondence is remarkable for clearness & intelligence. – He informed me (& I believe that he is above using equivocation) that he has a thorough practical knowledge of bookkeeping by double entry, & although we had no occasion for his services in that department, I can vouch for his regularity & system in keeping the Cash Account of the Company. – As it is my wish to use no reservation I shall be ready to answer any other questions I am, Sir &c &c (signed) N S Price Managing Director of the Arigna Coy.

Lombard St. 2 October 1839 [to] E J Wheeler Esq Sir, In reply to your enquiries respecting the qualifications of Mr. J C Dixon for an official employment by [initials in bottom left margin] HH [overleaf] the South Australian Company, I beg leave to state that on his late appointment as resident Agent of the Arigna Iron & Coal Company he on all occasions & in every capacity conducted himself in a manner & with ability such as to ensure the confidence & good opinion of his Employers, evincing such a system of order & regularity in the arrangement of his accounts joined to such perspicuity & precision in his reports & journals as to be highly creditable to himself & beneficial to his Employers. – Under such circumstances I should not hesitate to entrust him with the office for which he offers himself to your board, & as to his manners & temper from such means as I have had of judging of him on these points I consider them unexceptionable in all respects. I am &c &c (signed) J H Anderdon

57 Friday St. Cheapside London 2 Octr. 1839 [to] E J Wheeler Esqr. Sir, In reply to yours of yesterday – Mr Dixon was in our employ from the spring of 1834 until early in 1836 & during that time he conducted himself so entirely to the satisfaction of my partners & myself that we much regretted his health rendering it necessary for him to give up his situation as Manager of the counting house department; my partners & I have known Mr. D. from a boy in Norwich, his parents were highly respectable – his education an excellent

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______one & his integrity all through our knowledge of him most irreproachable, at business he was very systematic – industrious & courteous, & was always considered competent to book-keeping of any class, however intricate; on one point I think he may be strictly relied on, that is he will not undertake any thing he is incompetent to carry through for the mere sake of getting a situation, & I have no doubt his other references to his occupation since he left our service will corroborate what I have here [overleaf] stated. – My being the only resident partner of our firm in London I deem it best to write in my own name though I am well aware my partners would be perfectly satisfied were I to affix the signature of the firm instead of, Sir, Yours &c &c (signed) W Campin

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BRG 42/5/32 [New document] [Heading] Correspondence relating to the insurance of Messrs. J B & S Hack’s interest in the “Rapid” South Australian Co. London 25 Nov 1839 [to] R Brooks Esqre Understanding that you are the correspondents of Messrs. J B & S Hack of Adelaide I beg to inform you that this Company’s Directors are apprised by their Manager in the South Australia of the purchase by the Company & Messrs Hack of the brig “Rapid” lately belonging to the Colonization Commissioners. – From Mr. McLarens letter it would appear that the buyers understood there was an insurance on behalf of the Commissioners current upon the vessels which would protect their interest for some months to come, but as I find on inquiry of that Board that their policy being only for the outward voyage had expired the vessel would seem to be uninsured. – As the Company are not in communication with Messrs. Hack, & I have not received any instructions against such a contingency, the Directors cannot interfere for the insurance of the entire vessel, yet to discharge a courtesy towards those gentlemen I beg to give you this intimation in case of your being inclined to for their security by covering their half interest. – For your guidance in that event I may add that the vessel & stores appear to have cost ₤2000. – I am &c (signed) Edmund J Wheeler [initials in bottom left margin] HH

[overleaf] 80 Old Broad St. 26 Novr. 1839. [to] E. J Wheeler Esqr. I beg to own receipt of your favour of yesterdays date & to state in reply that I have received no advice from Messrs. J B & S Hack of Adelaide to effect Insurance on their share of the brig “Rapid” I am &c (signed) Robert Brooks [Vertical annotation in centre fold] Correspondence with R. Brooks as to Shares \Insurance/ of Rapid – Dec. 1839 [in pencil] 26 Nov. E J Wheeler

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BRG 42/5/33 [New document] [Heading] Copy of correspondence with Revd. E Bourchier Bramfield Feb 5th 1840 [to the Board of the South Australian Company] Gentlemen In the autumn of the year 1838, I contracted for my son, Mr Robert James Bourchier with yourselves, as Directors of the South Australian Company, for a lease of 67 Acres of Arable, and 640 acres of pasturage situated in the Colony of Australia. On the faith of that Agreement I deposited a Sum of 150₤ in the Company’s hands and Mr Robert James Bourchier left England, being supplied with every transportable necessary for the Undertaking and with an outfit to the amount of above ₤400 – On his arrival at Adelaide on the March following he repaired to the Bank with his letter of Credit and was told that Mr. McLaren was not there – that he had gone for some days from Adelaide to . He waited for eleven days, till his return and then called upon him with the lease and received this information from him – “that it was no use to produce his Lease, there was no Company’s Land for the Tenants, and that he had written home to the Directors not to send out any more Tenants, for there were no farms for them” – It is now ascertained, that this instruction was received by the Directors before Mr Bourchier’s Lease was signed. Mr Bourchier then informed Mr. McLaren, that it was no use for him to remain in the Country if he could have no land and that he must return home, that Mr McLaren offered him 7₤ beyond the eight pounds for the cancel of his Lease, that is, 15₤ if he would not go to England, which he refused. But his money after some time becoming short, and provisions being very dear, he was compelled to listen to Mr. McLaren’s requisition of cancelling the Lease in order to get some of his 150₤, which he did, and obtained it all [initials in bottom left margin] HH [overleaf] except 8 pounds for the Cancel of the Agreement, which sum was abstracted altho’ it was the breach of Covenant of the Company which forced the cancelling it on the part of Mr Bourchier. If possible Mr B. would have contrived to have staid, but finding that without the Land it was useless, his disappointment was great and he returned home in preference to stopping to be starved, at the loss of all he took out, and with mortification and sorrow – Under the circumstances I feel it my duty to address you, Gentlemen, and I will not urge any arguments, for the case is too plain to require them to induce the Company to listen in justice to my Claim for redress. I have expended 400₤ upon the faith of the Company’s Agreement, the fulfilment of which was negative by your Agent in Australia, by which Mr Robert Bourchier’s prospects have been cruelly blighted and my money sacrificed – With a full determination however of using my earnest endeavours to have my case responded to, I do not wish by any hostile steps or by spreading the knowledge of the circumstances, to do injury to the Company’s Interest – I prefer submitting it at present to the consideration and liberality of the Board of Directors, as one most deserving of their attention I beg leave to remain, Yours most respectfully signed (Edwd Bourchier) [Below ] To the Board of Directors of the South Australian Company London

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Novr 1838 & stating that the Coy had no land to lease to Farmers, & consequently that your Son was compelled to cancel his lease & return to England. In reply I am desired to inform you that from the earliest formation of the Coy the Directors have always endeavoured to observe inviolate faith in all their engagements & are quite prepared to meet any cases where unforseen circumstances may retard the fulfil- [overleaf] ment of any stipulations with liberality & justice. But they must declare that you have been greatly misinformed respecting your sons proceedings, & the transactions attending the lease which are of a very opposite character to the representations made by you To prove that the Coy have an abundance of Land available for their Tenants, I remark that their original purchases from the Colonization Commrs exceeded 14,000 acres Freehold with right of pasturage over more than 220,000 acres, & that that the former property has been enlarged by further purchases in South Australia until in July last it exceeded 35,000 acres of Freehold Land in various parts of the Colony & the progress of the Surveys is rapidly giving the Coy possession of their various sections The representations made by Mr McLaren against the Directors here sending out tenants were not because the Compy had no land for their occupation, but because the terms required by the Board were much more advantageous to the farmer than those he would make with other Settlers in South Australia. Long before the Coy ever heard of Mr R J Bourchier, they knew there would be land ready for occupation, & the Directors have a letter from Mr McLaren dated 18th May 1838 advising the choice prior to that day of 5628 acres out of 60,000 surveyed, & he had reserved the right of selecting 8040 acres in other districts, most of which have since been allotted together with other portions of the Coy’s estates. That letter also mentions that the lands were then assigned for the Coy’s tenants then in South Australia. As a further corroboration of there being abundance of land for occupation, I may state that I have seen letters from 3 of the Coy’s tenants who sailed prior to your Son; each proving that they were in possession of their land & fully satisfied with their engagement with the Coy; & I understand that others are equally contented with their Farms, & as an additional proof that there was no deficiency of the Coy’s land, I have to state that the very day after you left the Board, I received a letter from Mr McLaren dated 21 Sept wherein he expressly adverts to the arrival of another Tenant, saying, – “he will be immediately located” The foregoing facts must convince any impartial mind that the Coy possessed most superabundant means for immediately locating every one of their tenants. It is right that as a proof of the candor with which the Coy have ever acted, that \you/ should be reminded of the intimation in my letter of the 23 Oct 1838 wherein you were informed that – “we had lately received despatches from South Australia apprising us that in all probability the Co’s property applicable to tenants would be 12 miles remote from Adelaide, & that as that situation might differ from what you had been led to expect, the Directors would, if you or your son wished, absolve you from the engagement for lease” – [overleaf] to that letter you immediately replied, that it would not be of sufficient inconvenience to your Son to induce him to cancel the engagement for Lease – thus your Son might have withdrawn from the engagement had you deemed it expedient. You appear to have been further misinformed as to the terms on which the lease was cancelled, for instead of ₤8 “being abstracted” as you state, the Coy are distinctly advised that your Son when cancelling the lease, claimed compensation because of his arrival during Mr McLaren’s temporary absence, & that Mr McLaren not only waived his claim against him but paid your son ₤7. because of the delay before his return Had the case been as represented by you – had there been no land for the Coy’s tenants – & had your Son’s prospects been blasted through any breach of agreement by the Coy, it cannot be supposed that he would have cancelled the lease & thereby abandoned all claims upon the Directors it must rather be inferred, that had any ground of complaint against the

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Coy existed, your Son would not have absolved them from their agreement, but have entrusted his complaint to one of the respectable Solicitors practising in the Colony, & there sought & obtained such redress as would be awarded by persons on the spot & consequently acquainted with every particular of the case It must not be forgotten that Mr McLaren had no power to compel your Son to annul the lease, & every circumstance at present appears to show that it was his own voluntary act, for which the Coy are in no way responsible, it was a contingency which you knew your Son could alone control, the contract giving no power of cancelling to the Company – The Directors understand that after your Son terminated his connection with the Coy, he purchased land in the Colony & commenced a building speculation; it is evident therefore that he was far from destitute, when he cancelled the lease. The Board cannot offer any positive opinion upon the reasons of your son’s return, but it is proper to remind you that the very letter which you read at your interview with them, as written by some settler to corroborate your statement, distinctly said that the Coy had about a dozen tenants, & spoke of your son’s suffering ill-health & the climate being against him. That very letter consequently proved that the Coy had land for Farms or how could the Coy have the 12 tenants spoken of ! – The directors have entered into this lengthened discussion on your application, for the purpose of showing you it has received their full consideration, & with the hope of convincing you that the Coy are entirely free from blame. The Board cannot at present observe the least grounds for any redress, no breach of agreement whatever having been committed by the Coy, & the cancelling of the lease being your son’s voluntary act. I shall however forward a copy of your letter to Adelaide & request the most minute particulars of the entire transaction, which the Directors confidently expect will be found to corroborate in the strongest manner the opinion herein expressed I am &c signed Edmund J. Wheeler [Below] The Rev’d. E Bourchier

Bramfield 26 Feb 1840 To the Board of Directors of the South Australian Company Gentlemen, I beg to acknowledge the Receipt of a laboured and unsatisfactory Reply thro’ your Clerk to my Memorial and the Arguments made use of in it are so totally inconclusive as they affect the complaint submitted to you, that I look upon them as rather a tacit acknowledgement of the hardness of my son’s case than a refutation We do not deny that you have land but we say that your Agent refused to confirm the Agreement made by you, of leasing part of it. Your denial of my son’s being obliged to cancel the lease, when he was required can be easily refuted by a professional Gentleman who was present to witness the Transaction. This shows how anxiously my son wished to defend his rights, and not abandon them, except from Necessity. I shall not load this Letter or take up your Time with stating many circumstances, which bear further upon the Transaction. I shall reserve them till I may be further called upon to bring them forward. I am advised to act in a conciliatory manner as the case I trust is not yet decided in your Minds – certainly it is not in mine – and unless I have a more favorable Reply than I have received within [overleaf] ten days I must refer it to that legal Protection, which you seem to refuse me at your Board I remain Your obedt Sert. signed Edwd Bourchier

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South Australian Company London 29 Feb 1840 [to] Revd E Bourchier Sir I am instructed by the Directors of this Company to acknowledge receipt of your letter to them dated 26th. Inst & to state that the Board can at present make no other reply to your application than that already transmitted to you I therein stated that minute particulars of the entire case will be requested from Adelaide, & until their arrival the Directors can only refer you to my letter of 15th Inst. I am Sir &c signed Edmund J. Wheeler Manager [Vertical annotation on centre fold of paper slip attached with red sealing wax] 1840 London [in pencil] 5 [in ink] Feb: Correspondence with Mr. E. Bourchier

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BRG 42/5/34 [New document] [In top margin] Original p “Siam” [Heading] Copy of Correspondence with Mr J C Dixon Adelaide, South Australia 31 March 1840 To the Directors of the South Australian Company, The Memorial of their Servant J C Dixon most respectfully Sheweth That in pursuance of his engagement made at London, your Memorialist arrived in this Colony on Thursday the 19 March (inst) & has already suffered much grief & anxiety in consequence of ascertaining that the amount of Salary which you agreed to pay him for his Services will be quite inadequate to the maintenance of himself & family. – That the average price of provisions, as well as of all the necessary articles of clothing & furniture, being here so enormously high, it will be utterly impossible for your Memorialist to supply himself & family with even a bare sufficiency of the meanest food & raiment, – (much less to maintain, for any length of time, a becoming Station in Society) – unless you consent to grant him a considerable addition to his Salary. That Bread being now Sold (in the City of Adelaide) at the rate of three shillings & sixpence for the 4lb loaf! – that Potatoes being \sold/ at 6d p lb (i.e. about two-pence each!) – Flour @ elevenpence p lb – Butter @ 3s/6d p lb – Eggs @ five-pence each! That Porter & Ale being commonly Sold at the Shops @ 2s/6d p bottle. – That water being sold at the rate of from 3s/- to 4s/- p barrel, – milk eleven-pence p quart, – & most other articles of necessary consumption being equally expensive, – [written vertically in left margin] In corroboration of the almost incredible prices mentioned Memorialist transmits herewith a Colonial Newspaper containing the Adelaide price current of the present date [initials in bottom left margin] HH [overleaf] That house-rent being at least ten times as high as in England, & labour of every description being excessively dear; – it will at once become evident to you, that the Stipulated Salary of Your Memorialist, is not more than equivalent to an income of Forty or Fifty pounds p annum in London. – That your Memorialist feels assured that at the time when you engaged his Services, you did not wish him to live on such a mere pittance as the equivalent of Forty or Fifty pounds p annum in London; but that when you advertised for a “Married Gentleman” possessing unexceptionable references, & all the general acquirements of an accomplished man of business, you intended that he should be enabled to earn (in your Service) a liberal support for himself & family, – & you sincerely believed that the amount of salary you offered, would be amply sufficient to enable him to maintain a respectable station in society. – That the correctness of such a supposition being disproved by the facts herein enumerated, your Memorialist most respectfully entreats that you will be pleased to re-consider the amount of Salary awarded to him in the original agreement (dated London 22 Octr. 1839) and he confidently hopes that you will immediately pass a resolution to the effect that his Salary will be increased by the addition of One Hundred & Fifty pounds p annum from the time of his arrival in this Colony, so that he may receive for the first year ₤350, for the second year ₤400, & for the third ₤450 And your Memorialist, as in duty bound, will continue to use his utmost exertions in furtherance of your Colonial business & general interests (signed) J C Dixon

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[overleaf] London 27 Novr 1840 [reply to] Mr J C Dixon, I am instructed by the Directors to acknowledge receipt of memorial of 31 March, the first part of which (triplicate) arrived on 9th Inst. – I have to express the Boards gratification at your courteous phraseology, & to assure you that the motives attributed to the Court are correct as the terms of your engagement were intended to afford you the means of comfortable support, & the Directors had no idea that you would find Provisions so dear on arrival. They presume you will have found from experience (as the papers represent) that prices of Provisions are much reduced, but in so young a Colony their cost must naturally fluctuate. – Having no advice from Mr McLaren on the subject of your memorial, or any suggestions for their guidance, the Board feel disinclined to make a formal decision on your case, fearful of erring for the want of complete information from their local Representative. – They are anxious to render you full justice, & consider that some allowance is your due, therefore that they may act rightly towards yourself, & also the Shareholders they have referred the precise decision to their resident Manager, who is instructed by this opportunity to make you such an increase as the circumstances of the Colony, & your services to the Company justify. – They trust this will meet your wishes, & I have to assure you of their desire to give ample remuneration [overleaf] to every efficient officer in their Service With best wishes for your health & happiness. I am &c (Signed) Edmund J Wheeler Manager [Vertical annotation below in centre fold] London 27 Novr 1840 Copy Correspondence with J. C. Dixon

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BRG 42/5/35 [New document] [Bundle of two letters bound in the margin with green ribbon] [Heading] Copy of Correspondence with Mr G Brunskill – Duplicate p “Duke Sussex” Original p “Windsor Castle” Sandford (See 290) April 1st. 1840 [to] H Kingscote Esq, From the kindness you showed me previous to my departure I feel assured you will excuse the liberty I am taking in addressing you, unless in the hurry of business you may have forgotten the circumstances of my introduction to you by my very old friend Mr Andrew Smith (to whom, should you see him at the Bank may I beg to be kindly remembered). I need not trouble you with any remarks on the very satisfactory progress & prospects of the Colony, the Servants of the Company being constantly in communication with your Board, & much better qualified to do so than I am; I cannot however refuse myself the pleasure of saying that with my own, as one of the Company’s tenants, I am well satisfied. – My half Section 290 is a good one is well situated, indeed take it all in all I have seen nothing I like better but 67 acres is too little for any purpose but a garden, I therefore want added to it Nos 275, 276, & if possible 242 all of which adjoin mine & each other; these together with my own would enable me to take up the Company’s milk trade when they give it up, which doubtless they will do ere long [initials in bottom left margin] HH [overleaf] the public convenience (for which you no doubt began & have continued it so long) no longer requires it & it is more suited to the tenantry, who at certain seasons are driven out of the market by the large quantity the Compy are able to bring in, & the consequent reduction in price which takes place – two [word crossed out] instances I may mention, viz Messrs Kell & Edmunds, they both left off last winter, their Cows were sold no doubt at a great sacrifice, for I believe most of them were bought from the Company at ₤20 each; they are now carrying wood from the Tiers, I also am doing that & it is not a bad trade, but I mention it to shew how the Companys milk selling interfered with the legitimate business of their farmers, turning in fact their attention into other channels than their farms, besides these as I consider strong objections to the Company’s continuing to sell milk I might mention its utter insignificance as a source of profit. – I do not wish to reflect upon any of the Company’s Servants or their management; I have no doubt the public were in the first instance benefitted by it, but that \time/ is past & its operation is now injurious, & in some measure unjust to the tenantry, who God knows have enough to contend with in the shape of dear bread & high wages &c For these reasons & from the prompt manner in which the grievances complained of in Mr Gillmans letter were redressed I take it the Companys milk trade will ere long be given up, & I take the liberty of soliciting your aid in obtaining a lease of the Sections named above. – I have applied to Mr McLaren for them but he declined letting them on the ground that 242 being near town is adapted for building upon & he wishes to keep the other two in conjunction with it. – It may [overleaf] not be uninteresting to you to hear how I am going on, it may also in some degree justify me in expecting some encouragement; for many who have been here \much longer/ have not done one quarter so much. I arrived here just thirteen months ago & in one day from sawn deals which I brought out in bond I built the house in which Mrs Brunskill & myself are still living (our Children we lost on the passage). – I soon found that my Section would be useless without fencing, we therefore set about it immediately & fenced it at once at an expence of ₤200, but I hope the posts & rails will last for 20 years (should not the Compy. do

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______this in all cases, & make it a rent charge ?). – I also fenced off six acres for a garden in which I have grown successfully Turnips, Carrots, Cabbages, Lettuces, Beet, Radishes, Celery, Parsley, Peas, Beans, Rape, Linseed, Clover, Trefoil, Cucumbers, Sweet & water Melons, Barley, Indian Corn, Mangle Worzel, Rhubarb &c &c; of Mangle I have some very fine specimens of almost every variety. – I had neither time nor strength to get any wheat in, nor do I intend it this year; my land is in good order & I think potatoes will pay me better. – I cannot afford yet to fence any more off. – I shall have at least five acres of Potatoes. – By this conveyance I send to my friend Mr R Wilson, George Yard a sample of my Linseed which I hope will be found equal to any sample in your market; it yielded abundantly. – We have built two pise cottages on the Section which I let, & in 3 weeks I shall have 25,000 Bricks made, with which to build a house for ourselves; the cellar has been dug ten months, the deals, windows &c I brought with me. – I hope you will think we have not been idle. I offered for these Sections 5s/- 10s/- & 15s/- p acre for 7, 14 & 21 years, the cost of fencing [overleaf] to be paid by the Compy, to be repaid by me in the first seven years with Interest in the shape of a rent charge; a very good offer I think you will say. – I will only add my best thanks for the kindness received when in London; your colleague Captn Buller was also kind to me. – I should esteem it a favor if you will present my respects to him; he will I hope in conjunction with yourself be willing as far as is consistent with the duty of a director promote my interest. – With best compliments & wishes I remain Yours &c &c (signed) Geo Brunskill

South Australian Company London 14 October 1840 [reply to] Mr G Brunskill, By request of Mr. Kingscote I acknowledge receipt of your letter of 1 April which has been submitted to the Board. – In reply I am happy to state the the satisfaction of the Company at your progress, & their hope that you may continue to succeed. – Anything reasonable within their power & likely to assist you, or any of their tenants, the Directors have been & will always be ready to promote, but they cannot comply with the full extent of your request. – You will remember that your original contract with the Company was to lease a Section Farm, which (at some little inconvenience from the papers being all prepared) was reduced by your own desire to a half section, & you were told that the terms in the Colony could [overleaf] not be so favorable as in England. – The Directors having full confidence in their Representative at Adelaide, entrust to him the regulation of every detail of their Colonial affairs, including of course the occupation or treatment of their land, & an injurious precedent would ensue were they to direct (as you ask) certain specified lands to be leased to you. – Should Mr McLaren intend them for Building or other purposes, or should their current value be higher than the terms you offer, the interests of the Company at large would be proportionably affected – the Directors cannot interfere in the mode of employing certain loss without very full information on every point. – They can only express their wish to Mr McLaren that you may receive every proper facility for enlarging your Farm as the land can be really cultivated, but in the terms of rent &c, the situation of the additional land, and other minutae must be entrusted to his discretion. – The Board have long since apprised Mr McLaren of their views respecting the Company’s dairy which are not unlike your own, & they expect that ere now the Cows have been transferred to their Tenants. – In my despatches by this opportunity to Mr McLaren I shall allude to your letter, & wishing you every prosperity in your adopted Country,

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I am &c &c (signed) Edmund J Wheeler Manager [Vertical annotation on reverse side in top fold] [in pencil] Apl 1 [in ink] London 1840 E. J. Wheeler Copy of Correspondence with George Brunskill Dupte pr. Duke of Sussex [Circular rubber stamp imprint] * SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY * ADELAIDE * [Annotation in centre of imprint ] Recd. 17 May 1841

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BRG 42/5/36 [New document] [Bundle of two letters bound in the margin with green ribbon] [Superimposed circular rubber stamp imprint] * SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY * ADELAIDE * [Annotation in centre of imprint] Recd. 17 May 1841 [Heading] Copy Mr. Hillier’s application Adelaide April 6th. 1840 – Sir, It is now between two & three years since I left England for South Australia, as one of the Company’s Tenants to occupy land agreeable to my Lease immediately on my arrival, but found to my great disappointment that there was no land surveyed, imagine Sir, my situation, sixteen thousand miles from home, with only one hundred pounds in cash, & a wife & six children to feed, & every description of food at a most frightful price, I existed with my whole family (for we could not call it living) for nearly twelve months before the land was given out, during which time I applied repeatedly to Mr. McLaren & to Mr. Stephens for some kind of situation, their constant reply was, we have already more people than we can well find employment for – As I feel myself entirely ruined by the Company, I shall state facts only as affects my own case, in order to do this explicitly, I shall begin from the time I arrived at Kangaroo Island, where Mr. McLaren met us, & told us that the land was not surveyed, nor did he know when it would be – I then requested to be sent back to England – [initials in bottom left margin] [WJ?] [overleaf] he said no he could not do that, but he would allow me a compensation for any period that might elapse, before the land would be ready for me to occupy, he also named Mr. Fisher as a fit & proper person to mention a sum sufficient for my loss of time, & proposed to draw up an agreement to that effect, as I had in my possession a letter from Mr. Raikes Currie to Mr. Fisher I of course readily assented to the proposal, not being aware that Mr. Fisher was then in the Bank interest & could not possibly oppose any views of Mr. McLaren – On my arrival at Adelaide, I found how matters stood & that in signing the agreement I had been completely duped – I herewith send you the agreement that you may lay it before the Board – I had no idea that any ill feeling or party spirit existed in the Colony & that Mr. Fisher & Mr. McLaren were so strongly opposed to the Governor &c – had I possessed the means I should have returned immediately to England – You will find by the agreement Mr. McLaren undertakes to give me three square miles which he had not the power of doing – When I saw the position in which I stood, I required Mr. McLaren in justice to allow me a friend to arbitrate as well as himself to this he objected & compelled me to abide by the agreement – When the survey was nearly completed, Mr. McLaren asked me if I had seen any land that [overleaf] I liked, if I had, he would endeavour to get it for me – I gave him my opinion, so I believe did Mr. Sleep & some others, he took the advantage of our judgment, & reserved these portions to himself, & refused us the preference – These were nine of us your tenants, & Mr. McLaren gave us only five Sections to choose from, half a one each, & half a one over – we of course objected to this, & then he added two others, & said, that if we did not like those, we might write home & get redress – One section was within about five miles of Adelaide, the other four from seven to eight miles, & when we mentioned the distance his reply was, that he could send us if he pleased to Encounter Bay, we had no alternative, but to choose from the seven, I had no money left to enter on my land, I called on Mr. McLaren to put me in the same position as when I first landed, viz to let me have one hundred pounds, this he positively refused, but said that he would give me fifty pounds, if I would give up my lease, he also gave me to understand that if I did not erect some kind of Buildings on the section by a certain time that it would revert back to the Company, I found myself driven into a corner & as a last resource, I gave up my lease, & received the fifty pounds to keep my family from

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______starving, he took great pains to make me believe that he was conferring on me ample remuneration for my loss – but unfortunately for Mr. McLaren’s argument, Mr. Robson who had just [overleaf] arrived in the Colony sold the other half of the same section to Capt Walker for the same sum, again I consider an unfair partiality was shown towards a Mr. Gillman, who dissatisfied with his first was allowed a second choice, he fixed on the land I had just given up, no sooner had he got possession than he went to Mr. McLaren & demanded fifty pounds, & to resign his lease at the same time telling Mr. McLaren that if he refused him, he would go immediately to Capt Walker, who would unhesitatingly purchase it, for the specified sum, from the fact of its being the adjoining half section to that already purchased by the Captain from Mr. Robson – this Mr. Gillman was also a new comer – now, Sir under all these circumstances I feel myself treated with marked injustice, nor do I think that you will disagree with me when I tell you, that I was the first Tenant of the Company who arrived here, so that after being in the Colony nearly twelve months & wasting all my property in waiting for the occupation of my land, I was place on an equality with the new comers, who had only to walk from the ship to their land – I refrained from making any complaint against Mr. McLaren so long as he held Office as I did not wish to injure him – this I hope will do away with anything like ill feeling [overleaf] towards that Gentn – out of between thirty & forty of your Tenants sent out I do not think more than seven are located – some recompence is most assuredly due to me, from the manner in which I was misled – my only hope now is in my eldest son, who is a printer & compositor, & therefore I hope the Company will not refuse me the request I am about to make, viz that they will send me free of expence for the use of my son, the articles contained in a list I now enclose, they will thus establish a deserving young man in business, & save his younger Bro & Sisters from the reduced state the Company has certainly brought them, if they object to this, they cannot surely object to place me in the same situation as I was in when I became their tenant, that is give me one hundred pounds in cash & grant me a fresh lease – however I depend upon the respectability of the Company to \do/ me justice, yourself & Mr. R Currie I have every confidence in – I shall now conclude & humbly beg your pardon, Sir, for troubling you, I should not have taken the liberty, but my situation is truly distressing – I am Sir, Yours respy (signed) John Hillier

[overleaf] To Mr. John Wilson “ Thomas Wilson “ John Hillier “ Thomas sleep “ Robert Moss Robson “ John Bradford & “ John William Henry “ William Foster Sergeant & “ Edward Gillman and to all other parties entitled to lands & rights of pasturage or other Chattel Interests in land under & by virtue of agreements entered into with the Directors & Trustees of the So Austn Company – Notice is given to you & each of you that there is now open for selection by you & each of you the following choice of preliminary country Selections of Freehold land for occupation namely the several preliminary Country Sections of land mentioned & set forth in the

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Schedule to this notice annexed – and you & each of you are requested on or before Friday the 1st. day of June next ensuing the date of this notice to make choice of the lands to the occupation of which you are entitled by virtue of the agreement entered by you & each of you with the Directors & Trustees of the South Australian Company from & out of the preliminary country sections of which a right of choice is so given to you & each of you as aforesaid in such order of priority & rotation as your respective agreement with the Trustees & Directors of the said Company respectively bear date and are numbered (but with the exception & reservation nevertheless hereinafter expressed) for the purpose of [overleaf] enabling you & each of you to fix & define the particular portion of land which you & each of you are entitled to take by virtue of your respective agreements & the rights of priority & rotation aforesaid I the undersigned David McLaren as manager of the South Australian Company & the Attorney appointed by George Fife Angas Henry Kingscote & Thomas Smith the acting Trustees & Directors of the So Austn Co Do hereby further give you & each of you notice that I the said David McLaren will on the said first day of June next ensuing the date of this notice be in attendance at the office of the Manager of the Bank of South Australia at ten of the clock of the same day & from thence to twelve of the clock of such a day And I the undersigned David McLaren Do hereby further give you and each of you notice that in case you or any of you shall make default & shall not attend at the hour day and place last mentioned to fix & define the position or portions of land to which you & each of you are entitled out of the preliminary sections of country land aforesaid that in such case the parties attending such meeting shall notwithstanding be entitled to proceed to fix & define the lands which they or any of them intend to occupy by virtue of their respective agreements & the rights of priority of choice & rotation shall in that case be fixed by & be [overleaf] taken according to the order of the date & number of the agreements produced at such meeting – Dated this 23rd. day of May 1838 – (signed) David McLaren Manager of the So Austn Co [Post script] Schedule above referred to the preliminary country sections above referred to & which are now open for selection as aforesaid are situated in the district surveyed mapped out & numbered by the surveyor general & marked A & the numbers of the said sections on the said map are as follows that is to say No 79 – No 247 – No 349 – No 350 – and No 509 – of the said map of the said District marked A – [overleaf] [Centred heading] Type From Ullmer’s 40 St. John’s St. Road, in a line from Smithfield – [Centred subheading] All New 10 lbs Nonpereil Roman 80 “ Brevier Roman 15 “ do Italic 140 “ Long Primer Roman with extra Caps & figures 20 “ do Italic 170 “ Pica Roman with extra caps & figures 20 “ do Italic a few accented Letters for each of the above founts (Nonpereil excepted) with metal rules &c complete – 100 “ Great Primer with extra caps & figures & quads 15 “ do Italic

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50 “ 2 line English Roman 10 “ do Italic 80 “ Canon Roman (upper & lower) figures, spaces &c 25 “ do Egyptian do 40 “ Five line Pica Roman upper & lower full face – 30 “ do do condensed 30 “ do do Egyptian 20 “ do do Italic 30 “ Six line Pica Roman (upper & lower) 40 “ Eight line do Egyptian (upper & lower) 25 “ do condensed caps 40 “ Nine line Pica condensed Roman (upper & lower) Proportion quantity figures to the above founts

[overleaf] Four Alphabets Ten line Pica Roman caps with figures Four Alphabets Twelve line Pica condensed Roman caps, 6 Alphabets lower case do with 3 sets figures – Three Alphabets fifteen line Pica Egyptian Four do do lower case Four do fifteen line Pica condensed & 3 sets figures Four Alphabets twenty line Egyptian condensed 3 lbs Nonpereil Egyptian (upper & lower) with figures 2 “ Brevier condensed caps & figures 2 “ do outline 6 “ do fat face Roman upper & lower 2 “ do black 3 “ Long primer Egyptian upper & lower 3 “ do black 2 “ do Ornamented (Modern) 4 “ Pica Egyptian 2 “ do condensed out line 6 “ Great Primer Black 6 “ do Egyptian 3 “ do condensed caps 6 “ Two line English Ornamented Tuscan 6 “ do shaded do 8 “ Canon open Black upper & lower 3 “ 2 line Nonperiel condensed Roman caps 3 “ do Brevier do 4 “ do English do 6 “ do Great Primer do 10 ” 4 line Egyptian condensed a small fount Great Primer Scrip (complete) 1 lbs ornamental rules sorted 4 “ long Primer Space Lines from 1-em to 4-ems. 10 “ Long Primer quads, 15 lbs Pica do [overleaf] [Heading] Cast Ornaments, &c 3 Queens Arms different sizes 3 small ships different for cards 1 Wheat sheaf small 1 ornament for Race cards

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1 Horse, 1 bow, 1 sheep (small) 1 Horse & Groom 1 “Finis” 3 circles (for labes for pill boxes &c) 1 “Bough of “ 1 “₤ ─” for cheques &c 1 Two line English scroll 1 Cannon do 8 lbs double Pica Gothic border 3 “ Long Primer Border razed 1 “ Nonpareil Border (as in Specimen book) Five line Pica Border as in Specimen book sufficient for a quarto demy bill 50 lbs quotations 4 & 5 line pica & 2 line Great primer Leads – 6 lbs 4-ems, 8 lbs 6-ems, 10 lbs 7-ems, 10 lbs 10-ems, 12 lbs 12-ems, 12 lbs 14-ems 10 lbs 16-ems, 10 lbs 18-ems, 15 lbs 19-ems, 15 lbs 21-ems, 20 lbs 24-ems, 10 lbs 30-ems – [Centred subheading] Sundries 3 Case Frames. 3 do with racks 1 Imposing Stone & frame double crown 2 Mallets, 3 planers, 1 dozen shooting sticks & 1 dozen bodkins 2000 Quoins – 1 saw & block A sett of Chases for the foregoing articles not larger than super Royal – [overleaf] Composing Sticks – 2 7-inch, 1 9-inch 1 12-inch Iron & 1 Mahogany broadside 1 pair shears large size 1 Improved brass rule cutter 6 balls page cord Galleys – 2 quarto mahogany, 2 long do, 2 folio do, 3 brass bottom wood rim colume – Brass rule – 2 dozen 8 to pica, 2 dozen 6 to pica, 2 dozen 4 to pica, 1 dozen wave rule, 6 lbs colume rule, 6 lbs double rule – Riglets 1 dozen each 2-line Great Primer and 2 line English; 2 dozen each of Great Primer, Pica, Long Primer, Brevier and Nonpereil – 2 dozen side sticks 4 dozen Furniture sorted 1 do Mourning Riglet & Double Ruler 18 pair cases (best) 4 double cases 3 pair Wetting boards 4 Compositors Candlesticks Bookbinding Tools 1 Standing Press with Plough & 6 Knives 3 pair Pressing boards 6 pair cutting do [Centred] All New [Vertical annotation in right margin in top fold] Copy – Mr. Hilliers Application E. J. Wheeler, London 1840 pr. Duke Sussex }

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BRG 42/5/37 [New document] [Heading] Copy Correspondence with Messrs. J. Hagen & Son respecting Messrs Hach & Cos. order for half proceeds Sperm Oil p K. S. Forbes – London 18 Novr 1840 – [to] Messrs. J. Hagen & Son – Enclosed I beg to hand order from Messrs. Hack, Watson & Co. to pay me half proceeds of 11 Casks Sperm Oil ex “K. S. Forbes”, which you will probably fulfil as soon as proceeds received & favor me also with customary copy of a/sales I am &c (signed) Edmund J Wheeler Manager

London 26 Novr 1840 – [to] Messrs. J. Hagen & Son – In order to prevent mistake by Messrs. Hack & Co. of Adelaide, as to our presentation of their order on you for half proceeds of Sperm Oil ex “K. S. Forbes”, which you decline honoring, I beg the favor of a written intimation from you to that effect, remaining &c (signed) Edmund. J. Wheeler Manager [Initials in bottom left margin] [WJ?]

[overleaf] London 28 Novr 1840 – [to] Messrs. J. Hagen & Son – Referring to my letter of 26th. Inst. requesting a written intimation from you, concerning Messrs. Hack & Cos. order on you, for half proceeds of Sperm Oil ex “K. S. Forbes”, I beg to say that as I am anxious to make up a despatch p “Siam” I should feel obliged by your kind attention to that communication, & if possible in forwarding me a reply p next post – I am &c (signed) Edmund. J. Wheeler Manager

Mill Street the 30 of 11 Mo 1840 – [to] E. J. Wheeler Esq – In reply to your note of 28th. Inst we now inform you, we decline paying you the half of the Nett Proceeds fo the Sperm Oil p the “K. S. Forbes” a Adelaide – We are &c – (signed) Jacob Hagen & Son [superimposed vertically at left in purple ink] J. Hagen & Son respecting proceeds of Sperm Oil [in pencil] 18 [in purple ink] Novemr 1840 [in pencil] E J. Wheeler

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BRG 42/5/38 [New document] [in top margin] Duplicate – [Superimposed circular rubber stamp imprint] * SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY * ADELAIDE * [Heading] Copy of letter from Mr. G. Dayton to Mr. S. R. Radford Stenson 21 Dec 1840 – [to] S. R. Radford Esq Your letter of the 14th. I duly received & am very much obliged for so long a letter describing the prize cattle &c at the show in Portman Square, & in answer to your request respecting Biggs composition & the wash I use I will be as explicit as I can – Biggs composition I have never tried nor upon enquiry of several people in Derby last Friday I could not learn of any one that had, but I believe it to be an excellent wash, but rather more expence than the wash I use, if the carriage is to be paid from London, of what it is comprised I am not aware, but I should think the principal ingredient is arsenic, I have no doubt that much the same method is used in dipping as that which I use, & which I will describe hereafter – The ingredients I use are White arsenic in powder two pounds, soft soap four pounds – put them into a large tub & pour forty gallons of boiling water upon it which will make it very strong – when sufficiently [initials in bottom left margin] [WJ?] [overleaf] cool fill your tub intended to hold the sheep & test the liquor by taking a stout tick full of life, & put it into the hollow of the hand, on which put some of the liquor & let it remain under it about a quarter of a minute, then let the liquor run from it, & if it dies in one minute after, it will be sufficiently strong, if thought to be too strong, lower it by adding more warm water – the quantity I have mentioned will dip about 80 Sheep at about three half pence each, which I think is less by a farthing per head than what you could have them done by Biggs composition – when all is prepared, let a strong man take hold of the sheep or lamb close to the ears, & another lift into the tub, & hold its feet tight, the man holding the head to be very careful that it does not go under the wash, or get any into its mouth, as it should be very dangerous, but with care it may be done very safely, after being in a quarter of a minute, let it be lifted out, & a [in pencil] ? Crate, or an old chair back which is a better thing, be immediately slipped under, & then the Wool well squeezed, & the liquor drained into the tub, then repeat until all are dipped – it will [overleaf] take four men to make despatch, who will dip about 40 p hour – I beg to observe that a large quantity can be dipped at less expence than a small one, as the quantity left at the last will be much the same, & whatever is left should be taken to some remote spot & a hole to be dug in the ground, into which let it be put & covered up – The usual time of dipping is from the time of shearing the sheep (which cannot be too soon after) down to October – my lambs that I dipped last August are now in the most beautiful healthy state that can possibly be, there is not a bit of dirt upon them, & they jump & skip about like lambs before they are weaned, & I believe at this time they have not a tick upon them, & I am certain they grow & fatten much better consequently the handling & Wool have a proportionate improvement, which is a very great advantage, as a sheep when allowed to sink in the winter will have a knot in the wool at shear day, & renders it unfit for combing, as it will break in the middle – the knot is occasioned by the stoppage in the growth of the sheep, & when better fed the wool makes a second growth – [Vertical annotation on centre fold] 21 Decr. 1840 – Copy Letter from Dayton to Radford – respg Sheep Dipping

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BRG 42/5/39 [New document] [in top margin] Duplicate [Heading] Copy Correspondence with Coln. Commrs. about title of Brig “Rapid” – [Vertical annotation in pencil in left margin] E J Wheeler London 19 August 1841 – [to] S. Walcott Esq Referring to the correspondence of last year between the Solicitors of this Company & the Coln. Commrs. for South Australia upon the title of the Brig “Rapid”, I beg now to enclose copy of a * letter just received from W. Giles Esq the Manager at Adelaide stating that Coll. Gawler had not sufficient powers to complete the transfer, & to request that ample authority to perfect the transaction may be sent by the first opportunity to the proper representative of the Commrs. in Adelaide – [annotation in left margin] * letter [a/s?] 12 March 1841 – I am &c (signed) Edmund. J. Wheeler Manager pro tem [pro tempore] –

South Australian Coln. Office 9 Park Street Westminster 20 August 1841 – [to] E. J. Wheeler Esq I am directed by the Coln. Commrs. for South Australia to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday’s date and in reply to acquaint you [initials in bottom left margin] [WJ?] [overleaf] that the necessary legal instruments for enabling Coll. Gawler to complete the transfer of the Brig “Rapid” were forwarded to him by the ship “Siam” which sailed from Portsmouth for the Colony about 4th. December last – I have the honor to be &c (signed) S. Walcott – Secretary –

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BRG 42/5/40 [New document] [Bundle of four letters pinned together] [in top margin] (Copy) London 2d April 1842 [to] S Walcott Esqr Agreeably to the request of the Coln. Comrs. for South Australia I have the honor to enclose the following documents, relative to the claim of the Directors of the Company on the Comrs arising out of the Chartering of the Company’s Brig the “Lord Hobart” by the Coln Com’r, in the year 1837, for a voyage from South Australia to the Island of Timor, & then a to return to South Australia. These Documents are [in left margin] 1st. A Copy of the Account handed the Colonial Comr. by the Company’s Manager at Adelaide, on the completion of the voyage 30th. April 1838 Amount due that date in Adelaide being ₤1685.1.6 [in left margin] 2d. A Copy of the attestation of the Colonial Comr to the accuracy of that account, of which attestation to original copies, both in the hand writing of the Colonial Comr., & duly subscribed by him, are in my possession [in left margin] 3d. Extracts from the Charter Party specifying the rates of Charge & mode of settlement &c the Charter Party having been duly subscribed at Adelaide by the Colonial Comr & the Company’s Manager, on 24 Augt. 1837 As no settlement of the Account could be obtained in the Colony owing to the Colonial Treasurer refusing to comply with the Colonial Comr’s orders to draw on George Barnes Esqr Treasurer to the Coln Comrs for South Australia in London previously to the arrival of Governor Gawler, [overleaf] which occurred in October 1838, I as Manager of the Company in South Australia, applied to him in the month of November 1838 for a settlement, & agreeably to his request furnished him, with a Copy of the same account & attestation as and now enclosed, & a complete copy of the correspondence which had passed between the former Colonial Comr. & myself as Manager of the South Australian Co. As His Excellency Governor Gawler declined in October 1839, coming to any decision, on the matter, & referred the case to the Coln. Comrs. here, I intimated to him my wish, that all these documents should be forwarded by him to the Comrs here, which I understood from him, had been done, as copies of the same were immediately thereafter sent by me to the Board of Directors here. Permit me to respectfully remark that the engagement was entered into on the part, both of the Colonial Comr & the Company’s Manager in good faith that it seemed a most legitimate object for the Colonial Comr in promoting the sale of the Country Lands, which were to be open for selection in May or June 1838, to afford the Colonists the means of inspecting the Country districts, at a comparatively small expense, which, it was thought, that engagement would effect, without any ultimate expense to the Colonial Comrs that the rates of charge were in all points, very moderate while the inconvenience sustained by the Directors in consequence of the delay in the settlement of the account, has [overleaf] been very great. For these reasons it is hoped that orders will be given by the Comrs for the payment of the said sum of One thousand Six Hundred & Eighty five Pounds 1s/6d with Interest thereon,

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______either at the Colonial rate, or such rate as may be mutually agreed on from 30th. April 1838 till the day of payment. As I was conversant with every particular in that transaction, I have it in my power to afford the Comrs explanation & information on every point & shall be happy to be honored with their commands to wait on them for that purpose I am &c (Signed) David McLaren Manager

London 4th Jan 1842 [to] S.Walcott Esqr I have to acknowledge the honor of your letter of the 31st. May, on the subject of the application on the part of the Directors of the South Australian Company, for payment of a charge for the freight of the “Lord Hobart”, a vessel chartered of the Company by the resident Commissioner, in South Australia, for a voyage to & from the Island of Timor From which I learn that you have been directed to inform me, that they referred the question of this Claim for the decision of Her Majesty’s Government, & that the Commissioners have now been instructed, through the Secretary of State, that the Lords, Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury consider that the Claim is one which, as a matter of [overleaf] Account, must be strictly investigated by the proper authorities on the spot, & whatever sum may be proved to be due, from the Local Government, to the Company, should constitute a charge upon the revenues of the Colony, & be converted into Colonial Debentures, bearing interest at 5 Per Cent, & payable at the discretion of the Local Government In reply I have the honor to state, that the Directors of this Company have no objection to any investigation, however strict, by the proper authorities, on the spot, but they respectfully submit, that the investigation has been already made, & that the attestation of J H Fisher Esqr, the Resident Commissioner, dated 5th Octr. 1839, of which I had the honor of sending you a copy, on 2nd. April last, establishes the accuracy of the account handed by the Company’s Colonial Manager, Besides it consists with the knowledge of the writer, that not one individual occupying and important Official situation, in or under the Government, in South Australia was in the Colony, when the transactions in question took place In these circumstances, I am instructed to request, the Commissioners would bring these facts under the consideration of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, or of the Secretary of State, the result of which I hope will be, the admission of the amount claimed, namely ₤1685.1.6, as due in Adelaide 5th Octr 1839, with Interest thereon, since that date. The Directors of the Company indulged the hope, that the payment of this amount having been so [overleaf] so long deferred, would now have been secured, If converted into Colonial Debentures, they consider that there should bear Colonial Interest, viz 10 per Cent, & at any rate, the Colonisation Commissioners cannot with any consistency, propose allowing this Company, less than 7 Per Cent, Per Annum, the Interest which this Company has paid, & which the South Australian Banking Co continues to pay to the Commissioners, at the sametime, I have to state, that I have received no instructions from the Board to assent, or object to this proposal I have the honor to be &c Signed David McLaren Manager

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South Australian Colonisation office 9 Park Street Westminster 31st May 1842 [to] David McLaren Esqr Sir With reference to your letter of 2d. Ulto, requesting on the part of the Directors of the South Australian Company payment of a charge for the freight of the “Lord Hobart” a vessel chartered of the Company by the Resident Commissioner in South Australia, for a voyage to & from the Island of Timor, I am directed by the Colonisation Commissioners to inform you that they referred the question of this claim for the decision of her Majesty’s Government. And I am to add that the Commissioners have now been instructed through the Secretary of State that the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury consider that [overleaf] that the claim is one which, as a matter of account, must be strictly investigated by the proper authorities on the spot, & whatever sum may be proved to be due from the local Government to the Company should constitute a charge upon the Revenue of the Colony, & be converted into Colonial Debentures bearing 5 Per Cent, & payable at the discretion of the Local Government I am Sir Your most Obedient Servant (Signed) S Walcott Secretary

South Australian Colonisation Office 9 Park Street Westminster [to] David McLaren Esqr Sir I am directed by the Colonisation Commissers for South Australia to state that in compliance with the request of the Directors of the South Australian Company as communicated in your letter of the 4th Ulto. the Board have submitted through the Secretary of State, for the consideration of the Lords of Her Majesty’s Treasury the Companys further representation on the subject of their claim for freight of the “Lord Hobart” & I am now to acquaint you for the information of the Directors that their Lordships have decided [overleaf] that the statements contained in your letter have made no alteration in the opinion already formed by them on this question, communicated to the Directors in Mr Walcotts letter of the 31st of last May I have the honor to be Sir Your most Obedient Servt (Signed) John Gliddon Assistant Secretary [Vertical annotation on reverse side in top fold] London 4 July 1842 Copy Correspondence with Commrs. as to the Charter of the Lord Hobart & Certified a/c Recd pr Countess of Durham} [in pencil] D. McLaren

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BRG 42/5/41 [New document] [Bundle of four letters bound in the margin with blue ribbon] [Heading] Copy Correspondence with Colonial Office concerning Road to Pt Adelaide Downing St. 9th. July 1842 [to] D. McLaren Esq I am directed by Lord Stanley to acquaint you that he has had under his consideration your Letter of the 9th. Ulto. with the memorial therein enclosed from the Chairman & the Board of Directors of the South Australian Co. relative to the allowance agreed to be paid to the Co. by the Local Government for the capital expended by them in forming a road to Port Adelaide – Lord Stanley has also communicated on the subject with the Colonization Commrs. As it appears from your Memorial that Govr. Grey had seen reason in Novr last to decline making any further payment on that account & had expressed his intention to refer the subject for the consideration of H. M. Government, Lord Stanley must suspend any decision on the claim now brought forward until the receipt of Despatches from Capt Grey on the subject I have &c (signed) G. W. Hope

[overleaf] London 22 Augt 1840 To the Rt. Honble. Lord Stanley I had the honor of receiving a communication from G. W. Hope Esq dated 9 July last informing me that he had been directed by your Lordship to acquaint me that your Lordship had under your consideration my letter of 9th June with the Memorial therein enclosed from the Chairman & Board of Directors of the South Australian Co. relative to the allowance agreed to be paid to the Co. by the Local Government, for the capital expenditure by them in forming a Road to Port Adelaide but that your Lordship must suspend any decision on the claim now brought forward until receipt of Despatches from Capt Grey on the subject – As a vessel direct from Port Adelaide arrived last week & several arrivals from the neighbouring Colonies have lately occurred bringing letters & papers from So Austa I have now the honor of enquiring if any Despatches have been rerecived by your Lordship from Capt Grey on the subject in question & if your Lordship has come to any decision thereon – I beg very respectfully to state to your Lordship that certain Drafts received by the Co’s Manager in the [overleaf] Colony from Govr. Grey on the Lords of H. M. Treasury for sums due on account of that allowance having been refused acceptance & finally dishonored for non payment have been returned to the Colony – Your Lordship I am persuaded will see from this circumstance the propriety of taking this subject into consideration as soon after the receipt the Official Despatches as possible – should any explanation be required on any particular of the case by your Lordship, or by those to whom your Lordship may refer the matter, it shall be given by me verbally or in writing on my receiving your Lordship’s command to that effect I am &c (signed) David McLaren

Downing St 19 Augt 1842 [to] D. McLaren Esq I am directed by Lord Stanley to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22nd Inst making enquiry whether any reports have been received from Capt Grey relative to the Claim of the S. A. Co. on account of Capital expended by them in forming a road to Port Adelaide

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______since my letter to you of the 9th. July last & I am to acquaint you in reply that no such report has been received – I have &c (signed) G. W. Hope

[overleaf] London 21st Sept. 1842 [to] E. W. Hope Esq I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 29th. Augt. informing me in reply to my letter of the 22nd. Idem that no report had been received from Capt Grey Govr. of S. A. relative to the claim of the S. A. Co. on account of capital expended by them in forming a road to Port Adelaide since your letter to me on that subject of the 9th July last – As despatches & newspapers have been received from Adelaide by Merchants & others till 14 May last & as it was stated in the Court Circular last week that the despatches had been received at the Colonial Office from the Govr. of S. A I have the honor of renewing my enquiry whether any despatches have been received relative to the subject in question & of respectfully expressing my hope that on such despatches being received, the memorial which I had the honor of transmitting to my Lord Stanley from the Chairman & Directors of the S. A. Co. on the 9th June last will be taken into consideration & the result communicated to me, which I flatter myself will be granting the prayer of the memorial – I am &c (signed) David McLaren

Downing St. 27 Sept. 1842 [to] D. McLaren Esq Having laid before Lord Stanley your letter of the 21st Inst I am directed by his Lordship to acquaint you in reply that he is still without any report from the Govr of S. A. on the subject of the Claim of the S. A. Co on account of Capital expended in forming a road to port Adelaide – I am to add that on the receipt of that Report his Report Lordship will not fail to take into consideration your Memorial on the subject dated the 9th of June last – I have &c (signed) Jas Stephen –

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BRG 42/5/42 [New document] [In top margin] (Copy) London 28 October 1842 [to E J Wheeler Esq] Dear Sir In reply to your note of this date, as to Mr William Giles’ draft on this Company for ₤2000, I am instructed by the board of Directors to say, that they decline to retire it, as Mr Giles had no authority to draw on the Directors. At the same time, they consider that no damages ought to be charged, as the draft not having passed thro’ the hands of third parties, the transaction may be considered, as merely an adjustment of the accounts, between the two Colonial departments. The board of Directors instructed me also to suggest, for the consideration of the board of the Banking Company, that as the draft originated in the dishonor of certain acceptances of third parties, endorsed to the Bank of South Australia, by Mr Giles, as this Company’s Interim Manager, the for temporary adjustment of the claim, by the Bank, on the Company’s Manager, consequent on the Return [in bottom margin] E J Wheeler Esq [overleaf] of the draft, may be effected, by the re-delivery to the Manager of the Bank, of these dishonoured acceptances of solvent parties, such as Mr & Mr H W. Phillips. Instructions to this effect, will be sent Mr Giles, Per the Joseph Albino. I am &c (Signed) David McLaren [Vertical annotation in purple ink in right margin in centre fold] D. McLaren requesting Draft for ₤2,000 – 28th Oct 1842.

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BRG 42/5/43 [New document] [Heading] Copy of letter from D. McLaren Esqr to E. J. Wheeler Esqr [Superimposed circular rubber stamp imprint] * SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY * ADELAIDE * 4 New Broad St 6 Jany 1843 [to] E. J. Wheeler Esqr Sir By the instructions of the board of Directors held to day I have to hand annexed two Extracts from the minutes of the Board of Advice appointed to assist Mr Giles our Interim Manager in the Colony, That Board besides Mr Giles consists of Mr Edward Stephens Bank Manager & Mr William Bartley & as the subject of Mr Hack’s debt to the Company was under consideration on 18 July when Mr Stephens \was present/ & when he concurred in commending that Mr Hack should be written to & the adoption of legal measures by the Company’s Solicitor to enforce payment on 29 July was rendered nugatory by the proceedings of the Bank Manager on 28 July. The Board of Directors of this Company trust that the Board of the South Australian Banking Company will disapprove of any rivalship between the representatives of the two Companies in procuring payment from parties indebted to each & considered to be insolvent when that payment is obtained by the one Company to the obvious prejudice of the other & will instruct Mr Stephens to allot to Mr Giles a rateable proportion of the amount recovered from Mr. Hack in proportion as the debt due to the Company was to the debt due to the Bank. I am &c (Signed) D. McLaren. [Post script] Extract of Minute of Board of Advice of 18 July 1842 “Resolved; That Mr Hack be written to demanding immediate Settlement of the Balance of “his ac/- not covered by Mortgage.” [initials in bottom left margin] HH [overleaf] Extract of Minute of Board of Advice of 29 July 1842. “Mr Bartley reported in reply to Mr Giles’s instructions to enforce payment of the Balance due by Mr Hack & not secured by Mortgage, that it was of no use to proceed against him in consequence of an Execution for a considerable Sum, having been yesterday issued against his effects by the Bank under which in all probability he would be sold up or go through the Gazette.”

[Heading] Copy of letter from E. J. Wheeler Esq to D. McLaren Esqr 33 Old Broad Street. Jany 20th 1843. [to] D. McLaren Esqr Sir Your favor of 6 Instant concerning Mr Hack’s ac/- only arriving just as our last Board Meeting commenced no time remained for reference & an answer was necessarily postponed. During the interval to this time overdue despatches have come from the Bank, but although the letters now to hand date up to 18 August no notice is taken by Mr Stephens of any steps against Mr Hack therefore in the absence of all information from their own officer the Directors are unable to give a positive answer to the south Australian Company’s application. A copy of your letter shall go to Adelaide by first opportunity for Mr Stephens’s report to the Board. This Company have (as you are aware) instructed Mr Stephens to cultivate the most amicable relations with the S. A. Co & there does not appear that primâ facie evidence of rivalship intimated by you for

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[overleaf] according to the Minutes of the Board of Advice the Bank’s execution against Mr Hack was not issued until 10 days after your Manager had decided on iniatory proceedings on his part. A full explanation will be requested from Mr Stephens & until that explanation arrives & the Court know what transpired between the Bank & Mr Hack they assured your Directors will excuse the delay in a decision. I am &c (Signed) E. J. Wheeler.

[Heading] Copy of letter from A. Smith Esqr to D. McLaren Esqr. Palace Yard 23 Decr 1842. [to] David McLaren Esqr Sir, Your letter of 17 Inst. came duly to hand enclosing one from Mr Hall Port Adelaide, by the same post I received advice from Mr Hall which must be laid before my late father’s trustees for Instructions there will be a meeting in about a month when I shall communicate with you. I am &c (Signed) A. Smith. [Post script] Extract from the Minutes of the Board of Directors 20 January 1843. “The Board decidedly disapprove & object to such transactions as the Sale of the Company’s lands to any person connected with the Company also to the price at which the land has been sold & particularly to the terms of the Sales both in giving 12½ P Cent discount for Cash & in allowing an extended credit on a large proportion of the amounts” [Vertical annotation on reverse side in top fold] [in pencil] 6 Jany [in ink] London 1843 Copy Correspondence with E. J Wheeler, A. Smith, and Resolution of Board [in pencil] D. McLaren

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BRG 42/5/44 [New document] [In top margin] (Copy) [Heading] Copy of a letter from L. R. Baily Esqr Secretary to the General Maritime Assurance Company addressed to David McLaren Esqr. [Superimposed circular rubber stamp imprint] * SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY * ADELAIDE * 30 Cornhill London 18 Jany/43 [to D. McLaren Esq] Sir Your claim on Policy No 26696 for ₤350, on the Cutter Mary Ann, for twelve months from 20 May/41, has been laid before the Committee, who do not consider, that there was anything to justify the Sale of the vessel at all, much less, Such a Sale; there is no survey showing what damage she had sustained & nothing in any of the documents to make it appear that she had met with any, beyond springing a leak, which most probably was the same as that which occurred in fine weather on the 11th. Jany/42. I am Sir Your Obedt Servt. (Signed) L. R. Baily.

[Heading] Copy of a letter from Messrs Bartlett & Beddome Solicitors addressed to the Chairman & Directors of the South Australian Company. 27 Nicholas Lane Lombard St. 24 Jany 1843 Gentlemen, [Centred heading] Cutter – Mary Ann. Your Manager has laid the Papers respecting this loss before us for advice & we fear that they will not warrant [overleaf] any proceedings against the Office we have never seen a more unsatisfactory protest, which after being full of objections throughout, instead of stating a loss, leaves the vessel safely moored in 9 feet of water, at the head of Coffins bay, & all her spars, sails, & Stores housed, near her, & where she may be at this moment for what any one here may know to the Contrary. There was nothing apparently to warrant a Sale, & the Proceedings of the Master & Crew were most irregular. A compromise had better be made if practicable. We are Gentlemen Yours very obedy (Signed) Bartlett & Beddome. [Post script] NB We Will take Counsel’s opinion on the Case if – if you wish it.– } [initials in left margin] Wm W J [Vertical annotation in purple ink in right margin in centre fold] L. R. Baily & Bartlett Beddome respecting “Mary Ann” Cutter [in pencil] 18 [in ink] Jany 1843.

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BRG 42/5/45 [New document] [In top left margin] (Copy) Original [Superimposed circular rubber stamp imprint] * SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY * ADELAIDE * Winchester House Old Broad St. 31 March 1843 [to] D. McLaren Esqr Dr Sir May we request the favor of your stating to the Board of Directors of the South Australian Company that with the view to promote the Emigration of farmers & Small Capitalists in the Colony, by providing comfortable passages at, at moderate rates, as lately done to New Zealand, we have just arranged to despatch punctually on 12/15 July, the fine A1 Ship “Francis Spaight” of which we enclose a card; for ₤42 a person will receive by her good accommodation & a liberal dietary including preserved meat (more or less) five days p week. The owners of the “F. Spaight” enter into this matter, solely upon our representations we are therefore anxious for fair success, & considering the plan must benefit the Colony, we hope for cordial support from all interested in it. Your Co. can encourage the attempt by recommending to the “F. S” any farmers going out as Tenants or other Settlers, & by Shipping by her at Current freight any supplies, they may have to send – for this encouragement we beg to apply We also beg to state that the “F. Spaight” intended to load home for London, & as she will probably reach Adelaide, the end of October she will arrive in time to sail [overleaf] with the first homeward Ships especially as authority has gone out to bespeak return freight. Being British Built & A1 for 12 years, her character cannot be surpassed & we therefore request the favor of the Board’s instructing Mr Giles to give her a preference of conveying the Company’s Wool, at the rate of freight, the current at Adelaide, & to delay engaging with any other Vessel until time has elapsed to fear accident to the “F. Spaight”, say until after 30 Novr. While acquiescence in these requests cannot prejudice the S. A. Co. or subject it to any extra expence, it will encourage the Owners & ourselves, to persevere in the plan; we therefore hope for a favorable reply & are &c (Signed) Edmund. J. Wheeler & Co.

London, 4 New Broad St April 4th 1843 [reply to] Messrs E. J. Wheeler & Co Gentn In reply to your letter of 31 Ulto I have the pleasure of informing you, that I shall recommend the “Francis Spaight” to any farmers going out as Tenants of the Co & to any persons who may apply to me for information, as to the opportunities of obtaining a passage to South Australia, Should we have occasion to send any supplies at the time of he sailing, you may depend on a preference, at Current freight. And although the Board decline instructing Mr Giles to delay engaging freight for the Company’s Wool till 30 Novr, he shall be advised of the F. S having been laid, on her time of sailing, & the wish of the Board to give her a preference, all other things being equal. I am &c (Signed). David McLaren. [Vertical annotation on reverse side in purple ink in centre fold] E. J. Wheeler & Co. 31 March 1843. [On same side written on lower fold] South Australian Company, 4, New Broad Street, London, 184

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BRG 42/5/46 [New document] [In top margin] Original (Copy) [Superimposed circular rubber stamp imprint] * SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY * ADELAIDE * London 7 April 1843. [to] Mr. D. McLaren Sir, In conformity with our conversation to day I hereby engage to receive on board my Ship “the Madrass” at Port Adelaide South Australia & bring home to the Port of London the Wool belonging to the South Australian Company at the rate of a penny half penny p lb freight with 5 p Cent primage & if there be any Oil it shall be brought at the rate of five Pounds p Imperial Tun \with Five p Cent primage/ & any other goods as may be agreed on. I am &c (Signed) W. T. Kitching

4 New Broad St. 7 April 1843 [to] Captn W. T. Kitching Sir I have this day received your letter of this date offering to bring home from Port Adelaide to London the Wool belonging to the South Australian Company Per the Madrass on her present Voyage at the rate of a penny half penny p pound freight with five p Cent primage & if there be any Oil to bring it at the rate of Five Pounds p Imperial Tun with 5 p Cent primage [overleaf] & any other Goods as may be agreed on. Which offer I hereby accept on behalf of the Company & shall advise our Manager in the Colony accordingly. It being expressly understood & agreed upon by both of us that if the said Manager shall previuosly to the arrival of the Madrass have come under any engagement to Ship the Company’s Wool by any other Vessel than the Madrass this agreement shall be void. I am &c (Signed) David McLaren [initials in left margin] WmWJ [Vertical annotation in purple ink in right margin on centre fold] W. T. Kitching 7th April 1843.

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BRG 42/5/47 [New document] [In top margin] Duplicate [Heading] Copy of Correspondence between Mr. David Maclaren & Captain George Hall. [Superimposed circular rubber stamp imprint] * SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY * ADELAIDE * [Annotation in centre of imprint ] 24/7/45 [Subheading] Copy of letter from Capt G. Hall, to Mr David McLaren Dated Edinburgh 31st. July 1843. Referring to a correspondence between the South Australian Company & the trustees of the late Mr Smith in reference to the purchase by them of a preliminary Section in South Australia leased by me from the Company. It is with regret I have to inform you that the trustees have come to the conclusion that they are not authorised by the will, to make such purchase: \Therefore/ I suppose the preliminary arrangements entered into, between myself & the Interim Manager in the Colony falls to the ground, but I hope I may yet expect something from the known liberality of the Company & the much to be lamented alteration of Affairs in the Colony renders it imperative on those who have its welfare at heart to alleviate in such measure as they can afford, the Liabilities of Parties, under Contracts entered into under different prospects & previous to a change, which human foresight could scarce have anticipated. As a Landlord on a small scale I have reduced my Rent 50 p Cent – You are aware of the circumstances which led me to my getting that Section; one reason certainly was, that I did not wish to stand in the way of the Company carrying out their plans: so I have good reason to hope that in throwing myself upon their liberality, I may meet with some consideration. Although I cannot complete the Purchase of the Section at present, I have good hope that in a few years it may be in my power; and I submit the following terms to your consideration, That I be allowed the right of purchase at ₤600 during the Term yet to run of the first Seven years of the Lease, & that the Rent for the same time be at the rate of 10 p Cent or ₤60 p Annum, which is not a great deal under the Rent as per lease, & certainly as much as the place can afford. I would [overleaf] I would further desire as a means to assist me in completing the Purchases, that I be allowed to dispose of a part of the Section, the Company giving the purchaser the Titles & receiving the proceeds to ac/ of the ₤600 – I shall consider myself exceedingly fortunate, if even under this arrangement I may realize one half of the Sum, I have laid out in bona fide improvements: All the Returns, as yet have gone to the Company – Trusting that your knowledge of facts will enable you to lay my case favorably before the Board. I remain Dear Sir, Very respectfully your’s (signed) George Hall.

[Subheading] Copy of a Letter from Mr David McLaren to Captn. Geo Hall Dated London 5 August 1843. I duly recd. yours of the 31 Ultmo, which was submitted to the Board of Directors yesterday, & I am happy to say that from the disposition of the Board to alleviate the disappointments of the Colonists, as far as is in their power, & from the representations which I made of the circumstances, under which the Lease in question was executed, they authorised me to grant the several requests which you have made on condition that the proposed reduced Rent of Sixty Pounds p Annum be regularly paid half yearly, & Mr Giles shall be advised accordingly, viz that the liberty of purchasing the fee simple for Six hundred Pounds shall be continued during the period yet to run of the first seven years, that the annual rent from the Term of Michaelmas next, shall be Sixty pounds, payable half yearly, & Mr Giles that you shall be allowed to dispose of part or parts of the Section subject to the approbation of the

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Company’s Colonial Manager, of which part or parts the said Manager shall grant titles to the purchaser at your expence, on their receiving the purchase price of the same in Cash to the Ac/ of the said Six hundred Pounds. These alterations to be [overleaf] to be in force, while the said Rent of Sixty Pounds is regularly paid half yearly, on a failure in the regularity of the payments occurring, & persevered in for one Calender Month, these alterations shall be nullified, & the whole of the original terms of the lease shall then & thereafter come into operation, & determine all matters connected with the said lease, or arising out of it. I am &c (signed) David McLaren [Post script] I shall expect your reply accepting & confirming the terms as now expressed }

[Subheading] Copy of a Letter from Capt Geo. Hall, to Mr David McLaren Dated Edinburgh 8 August 1843 – I am in receipt of your favor of the 5 August & hereby confirm my acceptance of the Terms therein proposed, viz – That the Rent of Sections for the term yet to run of the first Seven years, be at the rate of Sixty Pounds p Annum, to be regularly paid half yearly. That the liberty of purchasing the fee simple for Six hundred Pounds shall be continued during the period yet to run of the first Seven yrs: & that I be allowed to dispose of a part or parts of the Section subject to the approbation of the Company’s Colonial Manager, of which part of parts the said Manager shall grant titles to the Purchase at my expence, on his receiving the purchase price of the same in Cash to a/c of the said Six Hundred Pounds. These alterations to be in force while the said Rent of Sixty p annum be regularly half yearly. On a failure in the regularity of the payments occurring & persevered in for one Calender Month, these alterations to be nullified, & the whole of the original Terms of the Lease, then & thereafter to come into Operation, & determine all matters connected with the said Lease or arising out of it. I remain Dear Sir Yours very Respectfully (signed) George Hall. P. S. The Rent is payable p Lease at Xtmas & Midsummer & they [overleaf] & they are the periods I receive my Rents. I would therefore desire the Terms to be continued the same, & say the Rent at Sixty to commence from last Midsummer instead of next Michaelmas as you propose in your letter. (signed) G. H. [initials in left margin] WmWJ

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BRG 42/5/48 [New document] [Bundle of four letters bound in the margin with pink ribbon] [In top left margin] Duplicate [Heading] Copy of a letter to D. McLaren Esq from G. W. Hope Esq Under Secretary of State for the Colonies. Downing St. 27 Novr 1843 [to] D. McLaren Esq Sir I am directed by Lord Stanley to acquaint you that Her Majesty’s Government have had under their consideration the point urged upon their attention in your letter of 1st. September last. – Those two questions although brought forward simultaneously were of themselves quite distinct & separate. The first question has reference to the claims raised on the part of the South Australian Company to compensation for the abandonment by the Local Government of a lease of certain cellars or stores at the port of Adelaide. The second to the proposed issue by the Local Government of a Debenture for one thousand nine hundred & fifty six pounds five shillings [annotation in left margin] ₤1956.5/- in lieu of a Debenture already held by the Company on account of their outlay on the road leading from the town to the port of Adelaide. On the first point Lord Stanley directs \me/ to observe that both as regards the improvident nature of the contract entered into by the Local Government for the lease of the premises in question & the period at which the late Governor consented to take the lease the whole transaction is of so questionable a character that Governor Grey would in the opinion of Her Majesty’s Government have been fully justified in availing himself of any legal opportunity which might have offered for terminating the engagement. Lord Stanley however feels compelled to admit that the clause of the Imperial Act on the authority of which Governor Grey conceived himself justified in adopting the course which he took does not bear the construction which he put upon it & that the lease must therefore be considered still in force. At [overleaf] At the same time Her Majesty’s Government consider the Company’s claim to receive at once a Debenture bearing Interest for the whole time which the lease has to run as quite inadmissible & in directing the Governor to adhere to the lease Lord Stanley will instruct him to meet the claim for the rent by the Issue of Debentures bearing Interest from the dates at which the rent either has or may become from time to time legally claimable. On the second question Governor Grey has been informed that there would appear to be no objection as far as the Government was concerned to the substitution which he had proposed of the Debenture bearing Interest under the provisions of the Imperial Act 5th. & 6th. Victoria Cap: 61 instead of the original debenture but that as the Agent for the Company objected to the arrangement which had been offered apparently with the sole view of giving the Company the same advantages in regard to security & interest as would be granted to other creditors of the late Government of the Colony; Her Majesty’s Government did not consider it at all necessary that such substitution should be further negotiated. The Governor has been further informed that if a New Debenture should be eventually issued to the Company it would be his duty to take care that it should have priority & should bear interest from the time of issue only& that no consideration should be granted in respect of interest otherwise for the period during which the issue might be delayed in consequence of the proceeding adopted by the Agent of the Company. I have the honor to be &c (Signed) G. W. Hope

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[overleaf] [In top left margin] Duplicate [Heading] Copy of a letter from D. McLaren Esq to G. W. Hope Esq London 29 Novr 1843. [to] G. W. Hope Esq Sir I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 27 Inst in reply to mine of 1st Septr last. I beg leave very respectfully to express my satisfaction in learning that the decision to which Lord Stanley has come on the points to which your letter refers coincide substantially with the views entertained by the Board of Directors. At the same time I take the liberty of soliciting his Lordship’s attention to the following observations. As it is admitted by Her Majesty’s Government that the least of the stores at Port Adelaide “must” “be considered still in force” does it not follow that the rent of the premises should be paid in terms of the lease by equal quarterly payments. Taking this view of the case I beg respectfully to express my hope that Her Majesty’s Government will on reconsidering this point see the propriety of instructing Governor Grey to meet the claim for rent by issuing warrants for the payment of the same as it becomes due from time to time & not by issue of Debentures bearing interest The Local Government may derive during the currency of the lease revenue from these stores & ought to include the rent payable to this Co in the current expenditure. The liability which will arise from the future occupation of these stores can hardly be reckoned it is thought among the outstanding claims for which Debentures were to be issued. The proposal of a Debenture bearing interest for the whole time which the lease had to run made by our Manager in the colony was suggested as a compensation in the event of the lease having been cancelled & the proposed abandonment of the Stores\having been/ acquiesced in but the lease having [overleaf] been now confirmed by Her Majesty’s Government it is humbly pleaded that it should be fulfilled in all its parts especially in the mode as well as in the time & amount of the payments. On the second subject embraced in your letter of 27 Inst I have no hesitation in expressing my conviction that the proposal of substituting a Debenture bearing interest instead of the one now held by this Company’s Colonial Manager for one thousand nine hundred & fifty six pounds five ₤1956.5/- shillings was made by Governor Grey “with the” “view of giving the Co the same advantage in” “regard to security & interest as would be granted” “to other creditors of the late Government of the Colony” but at the same time I am persuaded Her Majesty’s Government must approve of our Manager inquiring if his Excellency had in terms of the Imperial Act 5th. & 6th. Vict. Cap 61 “the consent of the Lord High Treasurer or of any three or more of the Commissioners of her Majesty’s Treasury to make out & issue the proposed debentures.” That inquiry seems to have been made in the most respectful manner & led the Governor to consult the law officers in the Colony in accordance with whose advice he thought proper to delay the proposed subscription & to refer the matter to Her Majesty’s Government. The Correspondence which passed between Governor Grey & our Colonial Manager (of which I understand a copy was appended to the Memorial to Lord Stanley from Mr Giles) seems to me fully to establish this view of the case. I therefore hope his Lordship will be induced to reconsider this matter & on finding this representation correct that he will give instructions to Governor to substitute for the Debenture now held by the Co. a new one of the same date & for the same sum having priority & being Interest from that time or at [overleaf]

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______least that the new Debenture shall bear the same date as the one would have done which he proposed granting on 28 Feby last the delay in the issuing of which has arisen from a cause which implies no fault on the part of our Manager & consequently ought not to subject this Co. to any loss. I am &c (Signed) David McLaren

[In left margin] Duplicate [Heading] Copy of Correspondence as to Lloyd’s Agent’s charge on John Price. London 5 Decr 1843. [to] T. R. Davison Esq Sir, I have to trouble you with an inquiry as to the Insurance accounts on the Schooner John Price which were put in to your hands last year in order to the average being struck & the amount ascertained Underwriters. My inquiry respects exclusively the charges made by Lloyd’s Surveyor at Adelaide South Australia a copy of these items & of your appropriation of the same is also noted at foot. By your decision I understand that the allowance made by you was all that Lloyd’s Agent was entitled to charge in the matter on any ground whatever & that the excess ₤41.9.7 was an unauthorised charge which neither the Underwriters nor the Owners would pay. Please say if this was your decision. I am &c (Signed) David McLaren. [Post script] Agent for Lloyds for travelling & tavern Expenses ₤15. 6. 0 3 Days attendance at Survey 9. 9. 0 ₤24.15. 0 Agent for Lloyds his charge of 5 P Cent on amot. of repairs ₤57. 4. 7 Allow for his trouble going to Aldinga Bay & advising him to get her off 15.15. 0 ₤41. 9. 7 (Sgd) D. McL

[overleaf] London 5 Decr. 1843. [to] D. McLaren Esq Sir In reply to your inquiry I have to state that the charge made by Lloyd’s Agent of 5 p Cent p Commission on the repairs was disallowed because it was done at the place where the Owners of the Ship or their Agents were on the spot & were bound to do what was necessary to put the Ship in a condition to proceed on her voyage without employing any Agent who would charge a Commission. If the Agents of the Owners employed another person to do their business & he insists upon being paid it is their own loss. I am &c (Sigd) Thos. R. Davison [Post script] He was allowed ₤15.15/- for going to the place of stranding & advising how to get her off. [Vertical annotation on reverse side in centre fold] [in pencil] Copy Correspondence 1844 27 Nov } 29 Dec } 1843 G. W. Hope

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BRG 42/5/49 [New document] [In top margin] Original [Heading] Copy of a letter from S. Walcott Esq to D. McLaren Esq. 26 Jany 1844 [to] D. McLaren Esq Sir, I am directed by the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 20 Inst. enclosing their account with the Company made up to the 24 Feby 1841. The Commissioners desire me to point out to you that this does not supply an answer to their letter of the 16 Inst. which requested an account exhibiting their Balance up to the present moment & I am to state that the Commissioners having entrusted their banking affairs to the South Australian Co look to the same for a clear statement of the whole amount of the monies now due to them. They must therefore apply to you for such an a/c accordingly. I am at the same time to state that the Commrs. observe with regret the entry in this a/c of certain items to which it will be their duty to object, such as the charge for the “Lord Hobart” of which claim the settlement has been otherwise provided for & also Interest & Notarial charges upon numerous Bills of which the Co. not long ago were paid the principal, in full discharge of all claims arising thereon & I am to add that while they thus notice items which at once appear to them inadmissible in this Statement the Commrs have not made any final examination of the a/c & [overleaf] reserve themselves the full right of considering any other items which may seem objectionable. I am &c (Signed) S. Walcott. Secy.

[Heading] Copy of a letter from D. McLaren Esq to S. Walcott Esq 29 Jany 1844 [to] S. Walcott Esq Sir I have the honor of your letter of 26 Inst. acknowledging receipt of the a/c of a the Colonization Commrs. for South Australia till 24 Feby /41 & requesting me to furnish you with an a/c up to the present date. The continuation of the a/c from 24 Feby /41 to the present time can \be made up/ only by the South Austn Bkg Co. & as the Board of that establishment as well as of this Co. meets next Friday the 2nd. Proximo your letter will meet with immediate attention from both. I am &c (Signed) David McLaren

[Heading] Copy of a letter from D. McLaren Esq to S. Walcott Esq dated 6 Feby 1844. [to S. Walcott Esq] Sir, Referring to my letter of 29 Ulto. I have now the honor to enclose the continuation of the Colonization Commrs. account from 24 Feby 1841 for which I applied to the So. Austn Bankg Co. & which I have this day received from them accompanied by a letter from E. J. Wheeler Esq Manager of that establishment extracts from which letter I have the honor of transmitting.

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[overleaf] [Heading] Copy of a note from Messrs Loughnan & Hughes dated London 2 Feby 1844, to D. McLaren Esq. D. McLaren Esq Sir, The Sales of Colonial Wool begun yesterday with a larger attendance of buyers than ever known. From the small quantity put up & the lowness of Stock in the Manufacturers hands it was generally anticipated that an advance in price would take place & this has been realized to the extent of 1d½ p lb or about 10 p cent in all sorts of clothing & 2d to 2d ½ on the little combing Wool chiefly V. D. Land that there was in yesterday’s sale, there was no very good Sydney Wool offered yesterday & indeed there is very little of superior quality in the Sales to follow. We think there is little doubt of this rise being maintained throughout the Sales which end on the 7th. Inst. Yours &c &c (Signed) Loughnan & Hughes

[Heading] Copy of a letter from the Secy of the British & Austral/as\ian Bank to E. J. Wheeler Esq dated 21 Coleman St. London 16/22 Jany 1844. [to] E. J. Wheeler Esq Sir, I have to acknowledge the receipt of your favour of 8 Decr in answer to mine of 30 Novr last & am instructed by the Committee of Management & trustees of the British & Australasian Bank in reply thereto to express their great surprise that your Bank in So. Austa. [overleaf] should have paid away without legal or other authority the funds of this Co. more especially in payment of a bill which this Committee had declined to acknowledge deeming it to have been fraudently put into circulation & with regard to which they were & are still anxious to try the question of their liability on the fullest disclosures of facts in the Courts of Law of this country. I have therefore to communicate to you their protest against such payments as well as against all & any disbursements by your establishment of the funds belonging to this Co. other than those directed by the trustees thereof. With reference to the dishonored Bill for ₤300 which you mention I am further instructed by this Committee to state that they have every reason to believe the circumstances under which this Bill was circulated to be the following. Captn Walker who had passed through the Insolvent Court at Adelaide was living at the date of the last advices on a farm situated on the Torrens about 10 Miles from Adelaide half of which he rents of your Co. at ₤50 p annum the other half is in the name of R. L. Milne but purchased of the latter by Captn Walker for ₤800 in bills drawn upon the British & Australasian Bank drawn by C. Boucher for whom he (Captn Walker) was acting as the alleged Agent. In the event therefore of the non payment of the bills on which Capt Walker had not the slightest claim the property thus improperly pur- [overleaf] chased would revert to the seller & Capt Walker would have no redress against this Co. for the bills. When the time at which the bills were put into circulation at Adelaide is remembered as well as all that had previously transpired there & the publicity given thereto by the Adelaide Journals it appears to this Committee that they have fair grounds of complaint that you should have suffered your Establishment to be used as the Medium thro’ which to obtain payment of Bills so issued & for such purposes as those I have now enumerated. Trusting that the above communication from this Committee will have effect in disposing your Co. to carry out without reservation your already kindly promised efforts to aid the former in

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______saving as much as possible the property of the Shareholders of this Bank from unmerited loss. I am &c (Signed) Samuel Hill Secy. [Vertical annotation on reverse side in centre fold] [in pencil] 26 Jany 1844 Copy of Correspondence Sent p “Taglione” [in pencil] S. Walcot

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BRG 42/5/50 [New document] [In top margin] Duplicate [Superimposed circular rubber stamp imprint] * SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY * ADELAIDE * [Annotation in centre of imprint in ink] 18/9/44 [Heading] Copy of a letter from G. W. Hope Esq Under Secy of State for the Colonies to Mr David McLaren Downing St. 20 Feby/44. Sir, With reference to the claim of the South Austn. Co on the Government of So. Australia on a/c of the chartering of the ship “Lord Hobart” to the Island of Timor in the year 1837 on the service of that Government I am directed by Lord Stanley to acquaint you for the information of the Co, that on a consideration of all the circumstances of the case, as this appears to have been a bona fide transaction the conditions of which were faithfully performed by the Co. according to the contract His Lordship has authorised the Governor of South Austa. to issue to the Company’s Agents a Debenture chargeable on the Colonial Revenue for the sum of ₤1685.1.6 (the amount which appears to be due on that a/c) in conformity with the arrangements made for the liquidation of claims against the late Government of that Colony. I am &c (Signed) G. W. Hope.

[Heading] Copy of reply to the above. London 21st. Feby 1844. [to] G. W. Hope Esq Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 20 Inst informing me that Lord Stanley had authorised “the Governor of South Australia to issue to the Company’s Agents a Debenture chargeable on the Colonial Revenue for the sum of ₤1685.1.6 on a/c of the claim of this Co on the Government of So. Austa. on a/c of the charter – of the Ship Lord Hobart to the Island of Timor in the year 1837.” I have to express my [overleaf] satisfaction that His Lordship has taken a just view of the case as having been a “bona” fide transaction the considerations “of which were faithfully performed by the Co.” at the same time I have the honor to represent to His Lordship that as the settlement was refused by the Colonial authorities when applied for on the completion of the Voyage in the year 1838 & delayed till now there is a considerable accumulation of Interest due this Co on that transaction. I am &c (Signed) David McLaren

[Heading] Original [Heading] Copy of a letter from G. W. Hope Esq Under Secy of State for the Colonies to Mr D. McLaren. Downing St. 26 March 1844. [to] D. McLaren Esq Sir, I am directed by Lord Stanley to acquaint you, that he has been in communication with the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, on the subject of the claim, preferred in your letter of 21st. Ulto, on behalf of the South Austn Co, to interest on the Debenture, to be granted by the Governor of South Australia, for the sum of one thousand six hundred & eighty five ₤1685.1.6 Pounds 1/6; in discharge of the Company’s claim, for freight of the “Lord Hobart”,

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& that with concurrence of their Lordships, the Governor has been informed, that the Debenture is to bear interest, [overleaf] from 30th. March 1843, the date of the Governor’s report, upon the reference which had been made to him, & upon which, the claim of the Co has been recognised. I have &c (Signed) G W. Hope

[Heading] Copy of a letter from D. McLaren Esq to G. W. Hope Esq. London 30 March 1844. [to] G. W. Hope Esq Sir I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 26 Inst informing me that you had been “directed by Lord Stanley to acquaint me that with the concurrence of the Lords Commrs. of the Treasury the Governor (of South Australia) had been informed that the debenture for one thousand six hundred & eighty five Pounds 1/6 [annotation in left margin] ₤1685.1.6 proposed to be granted in discharge of the Company’s claim for freight of the Lord Hobart is to bear interest from the 30 March 1843 the date of the Governor’s report upon the reference which had been made to him & upon which the claim of the Co has been recognised”. In reply I have the honor state that I have been instructed by the Board of Directors of this Co to express their satisfaction that His Lordship has concurred in the claim of Interest, at the same time they most respectfully submit that Interest must be held to have accrued from [overleaf] the date on which the account became due namely the 30 April 1838 in the Colony. This point is clearly established by the Certificate granted by the Colonial Commr. of which I have the honor to enclose a Copy. The Directors beg respectfully to remind His Lordship that they were not parties to the reference of this matter to His Excellency the Governor but that they applied for a Settlement immediately on the completion of the Voyage in terms of the Charter-party, & I have been subjected to considerable inconvenience & disadvantage in consequence of a settlement having been so long delayed. I am &c (Signed) David McLaren [Vertical annotation on centre fold] Correspondence between G. W. Hope Esqre. & Others & D. McLaren Esqre 20th Feby 1844 [in pencil] 9th May 1844

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BRG 42/5/51 [New document] [Vertical annotation in left margin in blue ink] E. Delius. 16th April 1844 [Circular rubber stamp imprint] *SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY* ADELAIDE* [Annotation in centre of imprint in pencil] 18/9/44 [from Edward Delius at] Bremen 16 April 1844. [to] D. McLaren Esq Dear Sir, Your esteemed favor of 2nd Inst was rec d on my return from Silesia where I engaged 164 souls belonging to Pastor Kavel’s congregation & who engaged to be here on the 15th Proc [Proceeding?] to sail in the Geo Washington for Port Adelaide. Some further have since been engaged, so that the Ship may have room only for about 100 more, which she would like to engage in England, if such quantity could be engaged Mr Oelrischs would send a Steamer at his expense to convey them on board the Geo Washington & charge ₤15 p head to Adelaide, a first rate physician has been engaged, a man of means & standing who accompanies the Ship, as natural philosopher. This may be an inducement for some Cabin passengers, who cannot however exceed a few families, in order to be comfortable. The Ship is now in beautiful order, her 20 sailors in naval uniforms, & some artillery, give her a warlike appearance. As she is a Packet Ship, she will insure the quickest possible passage out. It is rather disappointing, & most unaccountable that Mr Nottemus who arrived at Adelaide in the Madrass [Madras], has not been heard of here, & as his report has not a is of great importance, to the present expedition, I beg leave to request you also in behalf of his anxious [Overleaf] parents to explain whether there is any cause of alarm on ac/- [account] of the absence of his news. A Gentleman who visited Adelaide, for the purpose of examining into the state of sheep breeding, in regard to Wool, Baron v Specksternberg (Alexander) has published a report, speaking more highly of the agricultural capacities of So. Austa., than of the pastoral, saying that it will be difficult to produce fine Wool, for any No of successive years, the sheep deteriorating \similar to/ what is a the case, of the United States – no doubt for want of proper attention. Seeing in Mr Montefiore’s report, that about 200 hands of strong able bodied men, can find a situation at Mount Barker at 12/- p week, besides board, or at least food, I beg to ask, whether you could write out by an early opportunity, to engage their services, for a certain time say one year. If you can do so, we can fill a number of berths with Soldiers, who wish to become field laborers – men with good characters, but who cannot pay but half passage & are ready to enter into contract to pay the other half, out of their earnings, & requesting their future employers, to advance or at least to retain part of their wages– Please to inform me, whether such contracts can be made binding, & whether it adds any legal force, to have the British Consulate Seal, upon them. I am &c (Signed) Edwd Delius.

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BRG 42/5/52 [New document] [In top left margin] Original [Heading] Copy of a letter from G. W. Hope Esq to Mr D. McLaren. [Superimposed circular rubber stamp imprint] * SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY * ADELAIDE * [Annotation in centre of imprint in ink] 12/9/44 London 9th. May 1844. [to] D. McLaren Esq. Sir, I am directed by Lord Stanley to acquaint you, for the information of the Board of Directors of the South Australian Co; that your letter of 30 March last, was referred for the consideration of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, & that their Lordships have stated in reply, that they have seen no reasons, to alter their former decision, in regard to the period, from which, Interest on the Debenture to be granted, in respect of the claim of the South Australian Co, for the freight of the “Lord Hobart”, should be allowed, &– which has been fixed, in accordance with the arrangements, for the liquidation of other claims, arising out of transactions, with the late South Australian Government. I have &c. (Signed) G. W. Hope.

[Heading] Copy ofrom a letter from R. V. Swaine Esq to Mr D. McLaren. Hamburgh 11 May 1844. [to] D. McLaren Esq. Sir, I beg to refer to my respects of yesterday since which time your favor of 7 Inst has reached me. I regret to say that the Owner of the G.W has definitely declined to convey out the Rams. I am quite persuaded, that if the matter had been practicable, he would have consented even at great inconvenience to himself; but his arrangements had been already so forwarded that his Captain, as Mr Delius writes to me, positively insisted upon quitting the command of the vessel, if the Rams were taken out. I regret this result very much, as you appear so desirous of availing yourself of this opportunity, but it is all events satisfactory to know that one great cause of the Captain’s determination is, his desire to afford full accommodations to the Emigrants, & not to debar them from the space which he considers necessary for their exercise & health. Should you wish the Rams \to be/ purchased & forwarded to London you will please let me know. The expence of conveying them to London will be very little more, than the cost of transporting them to Bremen & as there are ways & means in London of compressing Hay better than in Germany & as water in the tanks with which large British Vessels are usually furnished, takes far less than if stowed in butts, I should think there will be very little difference \in the cost of transport/ either way. The flock master will be returned home again on 20 Inst so that upon receipt of your reply I could proceed at once to the farm & make the selection. I wrote via Hull to save time, & ensure a reply by the mail of the 17 Inst, as I am myself leaving Hamburgh for 3 or 4 weeks about the 25th, & should not wish to delegate the selection of the animals to any one else. I am &c (Signed) R.V. Swaine

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BRG 42/5/53 [New document] [In top left margin] Original [Heading] Copy of a letter from T. P. Cockerill Esq. Secty to the General Maritime Assurance office to Mr. D. McLaren. [Superimposed circular rubber stamp imprint] * SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY * ADELAIDE * [Annotation in centre of imprint in ink] 18/9/44 London 16th May 1844. [to] Mr David McLaren, Sir, I yesterday communicated to our Board, the verbal communication, which you made to me, a few days ago, bearing reference to the letter which I addressed to you on 4th Inst, stating the reasons of this Co, for declining to recognize any claim, under the policy effected by “Mary Ann”. They desire me to inform you in reply, to such communication, that they are sorry, they cannot entertain it. The utmost amount they would be disposed to give as a consideration, towards the loss sustained by the So Austn Co from the abandonment of the vessel, would be ₤150.–, which they offer, convinced , that they are under no legal liability whatever on the policy; from a desire of acting with liberality, & feeling that the case is one of hardship on your Company. I am &c. (Signed) T. P. Cockerill. Secretary.

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BRG 42/5/54 [New document] [Heading] Copy of Correspondence relative to drafts Boucher on Boucher sent to Sydney for payment. [Vertical annotation in left margin in pencil] E. J. Wheeler 18 June 1844 London 18 June 1844. [to] D. McLaren Esq. Dear Sir, I enclose Copy of a letter & other documents received on Saturday from the Union Bank of Australia, together with their acceptance p ₤285.14.11 for credit of the Bank at Adelaide. This amount appears to arise from C. Boucher’s drafts for ₤300 & ₤100 sent to Sydney for recovery & the latter appears included in the assets of the Bank when transferred by the S. A. Co. As these bills are connected with transactions exclusively occurring in the Colony, I think a proper disposal of the sum now recorded & adjustment of the balance can only be made at Adelaide. We therefore place this ₤285.14.11 simply to the credit of the bank & I shall advise it this day to Mr Stephens. I would suggest your instructing Mr Giles to confer with Mr. S. so as to arrange the final closing of these 2 bills, a course I shall urge in my despatches, requesting that any portion due to the S.A. Co may go to its credit in Adelaide. I forgot to name this, when you were here, but trust this will be in time for your despatches p “Bling” I am &c (Signed) Edmund. J. Wheeler Manager

Union Bank of Australia. 38 Old Broad Street. London 15 June 1844. [to] E. J. Wheeler Esq. Sir, I beg to hand you enclosed this Bank’s acceptance for ₤285.14.11 in your favour being proceeds of two bills ₤100 & ₤300 sent through this bank for collection. [overleaf] Amount received from Mr Want. ₤275 15.1 Add 3½ % rate of drawing 9.19.10 ₤285.14.11. Our Sydney Manager writes under date of 10 Feby last “With reference to the two bills ₤100 & ₤300 recd by your favour No 199 for collection on a/c of the Bank of So. Austa I have now to hand you Copy of a letter to my address recd this day from the Bank’s Solicitor relating thereto, & enclose our draft on the London Board for the amount recd from Mr Want with our rate of Exchange of 3½ % added – our charge of 2% for collecting has been charged to the account of the Bank of So. Austa. here viz ₤5.10.3.” You have also herewith a Copy of Mr Want’s letter above referred to. I am &c. (Signed) Samuel Jackson. Secretary.

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[Post script] Dr. D. McLaren. In re McLaren. v. Boucher with R. I Want. Cr To Cash of first action } By Cash received from Bank } You. v Boucher } ₤33.14.5 ––––––––––––– of Australia } ₤331.13.5 To Costs of application } ––– “–––“––– “ from Walker 41. 3.1 to enforce judgement or } property in Walker’s } hands for balance } 49. 9.0 To Poundage paid Sherriff. – 13.18.0 To Balance. – 275.15.1 ₤372.16.6 ₤372.16.6

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BRG 42/5/55 [New document] [Annotation in top right margin] [Page] 1. [Heading] Copy of correspondence with E. Delius Esq [from David McLaren] London 19 July 1844 I was this day favoured with yours dated 11 Inst which was duly communicated with yours of the 5th &c to the board of Directors to day. I am happy to inform you that I am instructed by the Directors to pledge them to the extent of two hundred pounds as formerly on condition that Mr Oelrichs despatches his East Indiaman, Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee Patel to Adelaide in the course of this present year (1844) and that by her shall sail at least 150 or from 150 to 200 adult German Emigrants of respectable character belonging to the Agricultural and labouring class for the purpose of settling in South Australia I am pleased to think from the tenor of your letter of 11th Inst that this obligation is all that will be required as the intending Emigrants have funds enough to pay so much of their passage money as will (with the gratuity) cover the five hundred pounds wished to justify Mr Oelrichs proceeding in the second expedition. I advise Mr Swaine by this post of the liberal proposal of the Directors & if he will consent to exercise superintendance during the progress of the affair. I am sure the board will feel great satisfaction and will authorise him to value for the amount in favour of Mr Oelrich’s on the sailing of the vessel, the board cannot consent [Annotation in top left margin overleaf] [Page] 2. to any arrangement on the principal of Rede\m/ption but \from/ your favour of the 11th. their declining to do so cannot I presume affect the presumed undertaking. I shall expect to hear by next post of your having commenced proceedings. I am &c &c David McLaren

[Heading] Extract from letter from R V Swaine Esq dated Hamburg 25 July 1844 to Mr. David McLaren “Your favour of 19 Inst reached me on Monday last, and I immediately wrote to Mr Delius who was about setting off for London, to recommend him to proceed at once into Silesia instead & endeavour with the aid of ₤200 so liberally affored by the Directors to engage the party of 150 Silesians who are willing to emigrate, with my recommendation he came to Hamburg yesterday morning, & started for Berlin last evening with full powers from Mr Oelrichs the Ship Owner & arrived with a variety of letters which I have procured for him and which will facilitate the object he has in view. A portion of this day was spent in seeing sundry individuals who are desirous of emigrating to South Australia & altho many have not the means of paying more than one half their passage money, it appears [Annotation in top right margin] [Page] 3. that Mr O has authorised their engagement provided he receives as a foundation for the voyage a contract with the Silesians. A few persons here are enabled to pay their passage out, and one amongst them whom I had already half engaged for the George Washington is not only willing to proceed & able able to pay his passage but is of opinion that his Father and Family & several friends – peasants possessed of very handsome property & residing in the vicinity of Hanans will be disposed to accompany him. Preliminary advertisements have already appeared in the Hamburg & Altona papers these having been selected which have the largest circulation in the surrounding Country, & these advertisements will for the present be repeated weekly. With respect to myself I assent very cheerfully to the wish you have expressed, and shall leave nothing undone to promote this second expedition. I have as inducements, not alone the Interest I take in the prosperity of the Colony, but a great desire also to promote the success of the measure which may be of pecuniary benefit to Mr Delius.” [Heading] Copy Correspondence with Colonial Land Emigration Commissioners

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[Annotation in top left margin overleaf] [Page] 4. [Heading] Copy Correspondence with the Colonization Commrs. London Aug 3rd 1844 [to] S Walcott Esquire [from David McLaren] I am instructed by the board of Directors of this Company to intimate to you that advices have been secured that the quarterly sales of Land in South Australia on 16 Feb last sales were affected to the amount of Two Thousand three hundred and fifty pounds, to one equal half part at least of the sum is to be appropriated towards defraying the expenses of the removal from the to the Colony of Emigrants not possessing the means of defraying the expenses of their own emigration thi\t/her in terms of the act 5 & 6 Vict Chap 36. I have to request the favour the of your acquainting me for the information of the directors whether you have received advices to the same affect from the Governor and whether any measures have been adopted towards resuming free emigration to South Australia. The necessity of supplying the Colony with additional labor with the least possible delay is confirmed by every arrival from the Colony. The settlers have embodied their wants & wishes on this subject in very respectful and numerous signed Petio’ns to the House of Commons & to the Hon Her Majesty principal secretary of state for the Colonies An informality [Annotation in top right margin] [Page] 5. in the former has unfortunately prevented it it being received by the house but the agreemen used by the Colonists in favour of immediate resumption of free emigration are not the less cogent. I have been further instructed by the court of Directors to submit to the consideration of the Colonial Land & emigration Commissioners the following extract on that subject from the dispatches of our Colonial Manager of the 13 & 19 Feb last It will be a subject for the great consideration of our Directors how far they ought to encourage the introduction of labor from China & India. I expect they may be got over in any number at an expense of five pounds per head under agreement to work out this debt in one year A number of Labourers are now employed gathering gum from the Wattle by which they earn 51/ per day which has a tendency further to embarrass Farmers in the absence of emigration”. The enegetic & increasing efforts of the Colonists to cultivate the soil have been rewarded by singular success in respect to both the quantity and quality of the grain produced but the low prices of all kind of Agricultural Produce render it impossible for the Farmers to pay such [Annotation in top left margin overleaf] [Page] 6. wages so that in the words of our Colonial Manager remarks if the present price of Labour continues it must [inevitably?] sink our Tenantry into labourers & that no more land can be cultivated than is done by their own hands. Thus the scarcity and consequent high price of labour rendering unavailing alike the great fertility of the soil and the energy and skill of the Colonists, The Directors indulge the hope that the Colonial land & Emigration Commissioners will immediately avail themselves of the opportunity afforded by the resumed sales of Land, to send out as ample a supply of Agricultural Labourers (passage free) as the funds thus obtained will permit of which I believe even a larger proportion than one half may be appropriated to the purpose of emigration if it shall seem to the Commissioners of Her Majestys” Treasury or to such person or persons as shall be authorised by them to expend the same [aboom?] which is most urgently required by the necessities of the Colonists of the present moment & would be most gratefully received by them I am &c &c David McLaren.

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[Annotation in top right margin] [Page] 7. [Heading] Copy [to] Colonial Land & Emigration office [from David McLaren] 9 Park Street Westminster 7th Aug 1844. Sir I have laid before the Colonial land & Emigration Office Commissioners your letter of the 3rd instant enquiring wether the[y] have received advices from the Governor of So Australia and whether any measures have been adopted towards resuming emigration to that Colony. In reply I am directed to state that since the report of the acts establishing the Colony of South Australia, no direct communications pass between the Governor and the Commissrs but I am to acquaint you that before the receipt of your letter, the secretary of state had intimated that it was the intention of Her Majestyes Government, to employ the small sum at their disposal arising from the recent sales of Land in the Colony in sending out emigrants \2/ thither & am to add that arrangments for this purpose are now under consideration I am &c &c Signed David McLaren S Walcott Secretary [Below] David McLaren Esq &c &c &c Manager to the South Australian Co. [Annotation in top left margin] [Page] 8. Aug 12 ” 1844 [to] S Walcott Esq [from David McLaren] I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 7th Inst this morning after having been missent to Cork seemingly from the word “City” in the address having been written indistinctly and mistaken for Cork I have the honor of returning \my/ respectful acknowledgements for your promptitude in replying to my last letter and of expressing the satisfaction which I experienced from learning that the secretary of state has intimated that it was the intension of Her Majesty’s Government to employ a small sum at their disposal arising from the recent sales of Land in the Colony in sending out emigrants thither and that the arrangments for this purpose are now under consideration I have no doubt the dispatches received by the secretary of state will point out the urgent necessity of a supply of Agricultural labourers being sent in preference to all other classes and that with the least possible delay. The necessity of this measure cannot be shown more forcibly than it is in \the/ petition to the House of Commons mentioned in my last in which it is stated that the present rate of Agricultural lab is \Wages/ for ordinary work is equivalent to a bushel \of Wheat/ per diem and that at sheep shearing and harvest time the rate is increased threefold whilst the inadaquacy of Labour to the demands [Annotation in top right margin] [Page] 9. causes large portions of the grain crop, to be lost” – As the harvest in South Austa occures in December were a fast sailing vessel dispatched in all this month the Emigrants might arrive in time to assist in reaping the next harvest and would in that case not only be of great service to the Colonists, but would immediately on arrival be sure to obtain employment and earn great wages. As mining opperations have been undertaken under the most favourable Auspicies and the present available funds were cheifly derived from purchases made of that character it is of importance that some Labourers of that class should be sent although the number of such required is very limited indeed compared with that of Agricultural Labourers I have to Apologise for the liberty I have taken in throwing out these suggestions I have the honor to be &c &c David McLaren

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[Heading] (Copy) 38 Mincing Lane [London] 31 July 1844 [to] David McLaren Esq [from C Roberts] Dear Sir In reply to your inquiries respecting South Australian Gum Arabic I have have much pleasure to report that the sales hitherto made of this article have proved highly satisfactory to the importers the prices obtaind for the bulk (about) 20 Trs) of wheat has arrived has been for well clean selected gum 40/ 45 per Cwt not so clean \2/ and blocky 30/ 35/ the last arrival of 26 casks per Corsair sold as high as 53/ per 54/ for good and 30s/- 40/- for inferior [Overleaf] owing to the present scarcity of gum the quality is not yet sufficiently known to fix its exact relation value but expect that at moderate prices it will be in general deman[d] I am &c &c &c (Signed) C Roberts

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BRG 42/5/56 [New document] [Heading] Copy of Correspondence relative to Hanoverians at Clausthal. [Subheading] Copy of Letter from Mr. David McLaren to Count Kielmansegge. Dated London 30 September 1844. I have the honor to inform you, that I lately received intelligence, through Edward Delius Esqre, our correspondent at Bremen, that “a dreadful calamity has befallen the Hanoverian town Clausthal on the Brocken Persons & upwards of Three thousand persons [annotation in left margin] Persons 3000 “are deprived of their dwellings by a fire, they are industrious field Laborers & Miners, & have no shelter for the coming winter” Several hundreds of persons have emigrated from the dominions of His Majesty the King of Prussia, to South Australia, & have succeeded remarkably well. An expedition of about One hundred & Eighty persons, [annotation in left margin note] Persons 180 chiefly Silesians, sailed from Bremen for South Australia on 27th. May last, whose embarkation was superintended by Mr Delius, & facilitated by a grant of Two hundred pounds, [annotation in left margin] ₤200 made by the Directors of this Company. Mr Delius has suggested, perhaps the Hanoverian Government would be disposed, to relieve this suffering community, by adopting such measures, as may be deemed proper, & advisable, to enable some of them at least, to avail themselves, of the favorable openings, which South Australia presents, for industrious field Laborers & Miners, obtaining immediate employment, & high wages, with the certainty of provisions, at very cheap rates. It has been proposed to dispatch another Vessel from Bremen, to South Australia, during the month of November next. I am instructed by the Board of Directors of this Company to acquaint you, that in the event of effective measures being adopted, to convey any considerable number of these destitute Hanoverians, who are of good character &c to South Australia, to be thereafter employed as field laborers or Shepherds: the Directors of this Company would be disposed, to cooperate in the enterprize by a grant of Money or Land. I do myself the honor of enclosing a copy of certain statistical details, published by a Committee lately formed, for the purpose of diffusing information on the state & prospects of South Australia, which furnishes the particulars of the rate of Wages, & Prices of provisions, in the Colony. I am &c. (signed) David McLaren Manager

[Subheading] Copy of Letter from C Klingemann Esqre to Mr David McLaren. Dated London 24 October 1844. I am directed by Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister, who is now at Hanover, to reply to your communication regarding the calamity at Clausthal on the Hartz & offering the assistance of the South Australian Company, in promoting the emigration of the inhabitants of that district; that the king has seen with great satisfaction the interest shewn by the Company on this occasion, but that his Majestys Government can not avail itself of your offer, as the inhabitants of the Hartz district entertain no wish to emigrate. I am &c. (signed) C. Klingemann. Secretary to the Hanoverian Legation

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[Subheading] Copy of Letter from Mr. David McLaren to C. Klingemann Esqre. Dated London 31st. October 1844. I had the honor of your letter of the 24th. Instant which was duly communicated to the Board of Directors, on the 25th. Instant, by whom I have been instructed, to express the high gratification which they feel on learning that his Majesty the King of Han over has been pleased to express his satisfaction at the interest shown by them, on the occasion of the late distruction of Clausthal on the Harz & to inform you, that the letter which I had the honor of addressing to His Excellency Count Kielmansegge, on the 30th. September was occasioned by a communication received from our correspondent, Edward Delius Esqre. Bremen, from which the Board was led to think, that many of the peasantry who had suffered by the calamity which befel Clausthal, would be desirous of emigrating to South Australia, & that the Hanoverian Government, might be disposed to assist them in accomplishing that object I am &c., (signed) David McLaren Manager.

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BRG 42/5/57 [New document] [Heading] Copy of a Letter from E. J. Wheeler Esq. to Mr David McLaren; Dated London 30 October 1844. Dear Sir, The Directors of this Bank instruct me to submit to your Board the peculiar transactions with Mr G. Brunskill, late a tenant of your Company, & for some years past a debtor of about ₤300 to the Bank of South Australia. From some correspondence between the respective Managers Mr W, Giles, & Mr E. Stephens, there appears to have been an arrangement for Mr Brunskill’s Land &c, being leased for the benefit of both Companies; that the advance to Mr B. was made before the Bank’s separation from the S. A. Company, to improve the Company’s Lands on deposit of the lease to him, & Mr Stephens states this have been done by your authority, when joint Manager of both concerns. If I correctly understand the affair, Mr Giles, now desires to exercise the Landlord’s right, and because of arrears of rent, to repossess the Freehold, & let it to another Tenant, drawing an increased rental from improvements made with the Bank’s advance granted under the foregoing circumstances. To this Mr Stephens demurs, & from an examination of Mr Brunskills a/c with the Bank & the S. A. Company his debt was incurred prior to Novr 1839 (when the Bank & the S. A. Company were under one management) thereby strengthening the inference of its [overleaf] expenditure in Farm Improvements, as Mr B’s own capital seems to have been trifling Should the facts result as supposed, it would seem equitable for the S. A. Company to make some allowance to the Bank for the Improvements effected by the aforesaid advance, made when the Bank had no separate control, & as no accurate knowledge of the circumstances exists in England, the Board submit to your Directors the justice of appointing Mr Wm.Bartley or any other impartial settler you select, to investigate the entire transaction, & finally award whether any & what allowance shall be made to the Bank for improvements indirectly effected for the Company’s benefit. I am &c Dear Sir Yours truly (Signed) Edmund J. Wheeler Manager

[Heading] Copy of a Letter from Mr David McLaren to H. R. Reynolds Esqre. Dated London 1 November 1844. I have the honor of informing you, that your letter of the 16 October, on the subject of the Account Current between this Company, & the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia, was duly considered by the Board of Directors at their Meeting on 25th Ultimo In reply, I have been instructed to acquaint you, that the Directors have not yet received from the Commissioners any answer to my letter of the 27th. [overleaf] May, addressed to you’re their Secretary; or to that of the 21st. August addressed to you although you were kind enough to inform me by your note of the 24th. Idem that you had [word crossed out] transmitted that letter to the Commissioners, to whom, you referred me for an answer. Having explained in these letters, the principles on which the Account Current in question was made out, & the argument by which it was supported, & thus shown their willingness that their claims may be judged of, on the basis of moral right, as well as by the ordinary rules of commercial usage, the Directors did expect, that the Commissioners would have met them in a similar spirit & have either assented to these principles & claims, or have complied with the

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______request respectfully presented in my letter of the 21 August, & have stated their objection in writing. The Commissioners have not thought proper to adopt either of these courses, but have without answering one of our arguments, contented themselves with intimating through you, that “they see no reason to depart from the terms of Compromise of which I was apprized in the conference with you on the 19th. August” last.” The Directors regret this the more, as these terms having been only orally stated, may be misapprehended, which the Directors are anxious to avoid, & besides, they respectfully submit, that if the Commissioners had explained the reasons of the decision, to which they have come, it might have influenced the judgement [overleaf] & conduct of the Board. In the absence of such communications I shall briefly state, what we understand to have been the terms stated by you; the views entertained by the Board: & the course which they think proper to adopt. The terms were stated as Modifications of the Account Current, handed us by the Colonization Commissioners on the 18 May last, & were as follows: That the claim made by us, on Account of the Charter of the Brig, “The Lord Hobart” in 1838, amounting to One hundred One Thousand Eight \Six/ hundred, & Eighty five Pounds 1/6 [annotation in right margin] ₤1685.1.6 might be admitted as a sett off to that amount, but that no interest on that debt would be allowed; & that in the event of the other points of difference in the account Current being arranged to the satisfaction of the Commissioners, they would concur in the principle, of charging interest on the account, at the rate of seven p cent simple interest p annum, till the 31st. December 1843, & at the rate of four p cent, p Annum thereafter till payment: the period of payment, being fixed satisfactorily to the Commissioners. Understanding these to have been the terms stated, the Directors consider, that there is really no compromise offered: for they cannot admit, that the arrangement proposed deserves the name. By it nothing is conceded, which is not their undoubted legal right, & their rights are refused, on some points admitted to be in their favor; in their Correspondence with the Colonial office; & in respect of which they will have the powerful testimony of Lord Stanley, when needful. They therefore respectfully decline acceding[.]

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BRG 42/5/58 [New document] [bundle of five letters attached with a pin] [in top margin] Duplicate [Heading] Correspondence with South Australian Banking Coy [Subheading] Copy letter from E J Wheeler Esq to Mr D McLaren dated London 7 Novr. 1844 Dear Sir, In connection with my letter of 30 Ult about Mr. G. Brunskill, I now beg to annex an extract from Mr Stephens’s despatch of 11 March last, & to enclose the duplicate copy of the correspondence between himself & Mr Giles – This is all the information possessed by the Bank, & the Directors hope it will promote your Board’s assent to my application – I remain &c (Signed) Edmund J. Wheeler

[Subheading] (Copy) Correspondence respecting Geo Brunskill’s debts South Australian Co Adelaide 23 February 1844 [to] C B Newenham Esq Sheriff Sir, I hereby beg to give you notice, that the South Australian Co have a claim for One year’s rent on half section 290 District B occupied by Mr George Brunskill due 29 September last, amounting to Twenty three pounds eight shillings and I have to request that you will pay over to the South Australian Co the said sum before the removal of any of the property. I am, Sir Your Obt. Sert (Signed) William Giles Manager S. A. Co

[overleaf] [to] Edward Stephens Esq Dear Sir Mr Bonney has been with me offering to take the farm late Brunskill’s with encumbrance of the Company’s advanced to Brunskill of Farming Capital amounting to ₤162.7.9. The rent is 4/- p acre, & calculating the interest upon the advance at 10 p Ct. it gives a further sum of ₤16.4.- upon the 67 acres which is exactly 4/10 per acre more. The offer is 8/10 p acre which in these times is quite the value of the Farm, Buildings &c – However it is easy to ascertain if the lease you hold be beneficial or not, by submitting it to public auction. I hope you will help me as much as possible to secure Bonney as a Tenant, he being a most desirable one to be obtained. I understand Brunskills Wife fully expects the return of her Husband, whether or not there is a ruse in the matter you will form your own opinion. I could not enter into any written engagement to let Mr Bonney the farm, he would just remain in occupation paying rent to the amount before named. I remain Dear Sir.

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Your’s very truly (Signed) William Giles Manager S. A. Co. [Annotation in bottom left margin] Commercial Offices 26 Feby 1844

[overleaf] Bank of South Australia Adelaide 5th. March 1844 [to] William Giles Esq Manager South Australian Co. Dear Sir, I duly received your letter of 26th Feby. on the subject of Brunskill’s land, & I have laid the same before the Board of this Bank, & I am to make you the following reply. You are fully aware that this Bank made advances to Mr Geo Brunskill as one of your Tenants, of upwards of ₤300. to enable him to improve the Company’s lands, & I hold the Co’s lease to him, by consent of, & at the recommendation of, the Co’s late Manager, as security for the same. After waiting for years, without obtaining any payments from Mr Brunskill, I arranged with Mr Brunskill that he should let his houses & land & divide the rental between yourself & the Bank, to which you consented, you receiving from Mr Bonney the rent from the house which was built with this Banks money & my receiving certain small rentals of pieces of land others. This arrangement has gone on, you have received rent regularly from Mr Bonney & I have not received one penny from my share of the tenantry. I further took proceedings against Mr. [overleaf] Brunskill by direction of Messrs [Frew?] & Rankine, upon a Bill of Exchange for ₤40 discounted by the Bank & upon obtaining judgement you signify to the Sheriff that you have arrears of rent & thus would strip me of this source of payment also. By your favor of 26th Feby you now request me to surrender my last hold under our arrangement that you may get every farthing of your debt & interest added, by sale or letting of the property that our money has exclusively rendered valuable, & thus leave the Bank with the serious loss of ₤316. & interest. I am sure you will consider our case a hard one, & instead of asking me to assist you so that you may be paid in full, with interest added, you will not hesitate to assist me to recover something for so large an amount of debt incurred by authority of, & at the request of your late Manager, to improve the property of the Company. I am Dear Sir Yours Truly Edwd Stephens Manager

[Subheading] Extract from Mr Stephen’s Despatch No 181 Dated 11 March 1844 Mr. Geo Brunskill an old debtor to the Bank, & one of the Company’s tenants absconded from the Colony “p East London” to London, a few days ago. I have long been trying to get something out of him, & did succeed in securing some Wheat, this however he has made away with fraudulently & now has taken himself off. The amount due the Bank was imprudently lent him to improve the Company’s property, & now the Company take it for themselves for rent &c so that except some little matters of silver plate &c I shall get nothing. Mr. Brunskill you may perhaps trace out, he is a smooth-

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______tongued man, with I fear no honesty, pray get out of him what you can; at this end I will do what I can in the matter. I send you enclosed, a copy of a correspondence that has taken place between the S A Compy & the Bank relative to Brunskills Lease, Brunskill has left his wife & family in a state of abject destitution.

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BRG 42/5/59 [New document] [Heading] Copy of Correspondence between Mr D. McLaren and Messrs Barclay, Brothers & Co – [Subheading] Copy of a Letter from Mr D. McLaren to Messrs. Barclay Brothers & Co. dated London 8 February 1845. By the desire of the court of Directors of this Compy. I annex an extract from our Colonial Manager’s letter, dated Adelaide (So. Australia) 5 July last, lately recd. relative to the conduct of Messrs. Chapman & Barclay, Port Louis Mauritius, in the disposal of Two Consignments of Flour & Wheat, sent them, by him on our account. The Directors make this communication with great regret, but are desirous of knowing, if you have had any advices from Messrs. Chapman & Barclay, which may throw any light on this transaction, the result of which was not only, disastrous in itself, in regard to the miserable price realised for the Company’s Flour, but so prodigiously below realised by others; while we have every reason to believe that the Company’s was generally, if not wholly of superior quality. I had advices direct from Messrs. Chapman & Barclay as to the sales ex John Pirie, so that my present inquiry respects chiefly, the Consignment p “The Hooghly”. I am & & c (signed) David McLaren.

[Subheading] Copy of a Letter from Messrs Barclay Brothers & Co to Mr D. McLaren dated 12 Austen Friars 10 Feby 1845. In reply to yr letter of 8th February, we beg to state, that the only knowledge we have of the Consignment made by your Colonial Manager at Adelaide to Messrs. Chapman & Barclay is from the letter of those friends of 6 October 1843 which we forwarded to you 5 Feby. 1844 The Agents of the Bank of So. Australia made them consignments of Wheat & Flour p Hooghly, & the Proceeds of those Consignments were remitted to the Bank in a letter dated Mauritius 22 April 1844 [overleaf] which we forwarded 6 September last, we have no particulars of the price obtained for the Wheat & Flour, or we should have been happy to have afforded you the desired explanations, but it is possible the Bank of So. Australia have copies of the a/c. sales, & we beg to refer you to them. We shall forward a copy of your communication to Messrs. Chapman & Barclay & request them to afford you the necessary explanation by the earliest opportunity. We remain Sir Your obedient Servants (signed) Barclay Brothers & Co [Initials at bottom left] WmWJ

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BRG 42/5/60 [New document] [bundle of five letters bound in the margin with pink ribbon] [Annotation in top right margin] [Page] 1. [In top left margin] Original [Superimposed circular rubber stamp imprint] * SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY * ADELAIDE * [Annotation in centre of imprint in ink] 24/7/45 [Heading] Copy of a Letter from R. V. Swaine Esq to David McLaren Esq. dated Hamburgh 28 January 1845. Dear Sir, Your favor of the 21st. Instant reached me in due course and thank you for the information it contained. The great duration of the Winter will no doubt retard the departure of the Patell. I am of opinion that the 15 April (but more probably the end of that month) will be the earliest period of her departure. The chief object of this letter is to address you on a subject, which, whilst it is one which interests me personally, is in my opinion well worth the consideration of our Company. My eldest brother married in early life in Germany (Saxony) where he has ever since resided. He is possessed of a small estate which he farms himself, & having 8 children it may be easily supposed that it is not in his power during his lifetime to advance any large sum of money to any one of them. His second son (now about 24 or 25 years of age) has been brought up entirely to Agricultural pursuits. He recd a very good elementary education (including of course English & French) until his 15th year. He went then to reside with one of his maternal uncles (Baron Goldaucher) who possesses a large & valuable estate which he farms exclusively himself – and he is considered one of the best practical Agriculturalists in the surrounding Country. My nephew had to commence his agricultural education from the plough, upwards. He had no idle duty – for he was every morning during the Winter months at 5 o’clock and during the lambing & sowing seasons – the hay & even harvests, he was at work superintending and assisting between 3 & 4 o’clock in the morning. After remaining for 4 years on this estate, until he eventually conducted its whole affairs \operations/ he proceeded in 2 years to the estate of a friend of his father – one Mr. de Ritzrutian, who has the most established flock of sheep in all Germany, and is himself considered the best breeder. This is the estate from which I have invariably made my selection of the finest woolled & best bred Rams. At the expiration of those 2 years, my nephew went to the University of Jena, where there was a college exclusively dedicated to the acquirement of knowledge connected with Agriculture; and where he studied the usual period of 2 or 2½ years. Then quitting Jena, he proceeded to one of the largest & most celebrated estates in Bohemia, acting as Steward, & where he was able to combine his practical & theoretical knowledge during 2 years, since which time he has managed the estate of his father. It was the [overleaf] It was the \great/ wish of his father to retain him at home, but he has given his free consent to his son’s emigration, seeing that a small estate does not offer the prospect for a young \man/ to which he can fairly lay claim. His eldest brother has passed a good deal of his time (in my business) in the U. States of America and he is exceedingly desirous that America should be the country of his brother’s choice. There certainly are many things in favor of America, and especially its vicinity to Europe. I have now recd. a letter both from my Brother and his second Son, announcing that the latter would reach Hamburg about the 10th. of March, and would then act entirely according to my recommendation. Now from what I know of my nephew, of his robust & vigorous health and strength – his habits of industry & his education, as well as the goodness of his character and disposition I feel convinced, not alone, that he would succeed very well in So. Ausia, but that he would be a valuable acquisition to the Colony; another means of inducing many more young men like himself to

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______emigrate thither from Germany. But I feel, on the other hand, the responsibility of encouraging him to fix upon S. A: a settlement at so prodigious a distance from his family and friends – too heavy to induce me to do so implys I have beforehand some certainty of his employment, during the first year & a half, after his arrival out. If the directors acting upon the statement I have made, would undertake to employ him upon their property or upon in their concerns, during 1½ years after his arrival out, I should nor hesitate at once to engage a passage for him in the cabin of the Patell. You will observe that I do not ask the Co. to pay any part of his expenses out, nor do I wish to apply for any exorbitant remuneration; because I do not wish to fix his engagement, but only to give him the alternative after he has been one month on show in S. A. Will you be good enough to make this communication to the Board; favor me with a reply as soon as possible, and at all events not later than the 10th. March. It will best explain my views, if I take the liberty of sketching the letter which would fulfil them – the same being addressed to my nephew, Alfred Swaine & signed by yourself. “In consequence of the representations made by your Uncle, in his letter to me of the 28th. February which I have laid before the Board of Directors, I am instructed to offer you an engagement in their service in So. Ausia. for the term of one year and a half – the said engagement to commence within four [overleaf] [Annotation in top right margin] [Page] 2. four weeks after your arrival at Adelaide, and upon your signifying your acceptance of it within \these/ four weeks, to the Co’s representative Mr ––– at Adelaide. Your duties will be to make yourself generally useful on the Co’s Lands and Property in the Colony under the direction of the said Mr ––– & your remuneration will be board Lodging and all travelling expenses incidental to your duties, & ₤100 p annum in Cash.” I trust the Directors will not consider my proposal as bordering in the slightest degree, upon extravagant pretensions. My nephew would be able to make himself exceedingly useful to the Co. in the Colony generally. His father has promised me, after his sons residence in the settlement of his choice, which ever it may be – for one year, to advance about ₤300 to him, to enable him to rent a farm, & this sum will in all probability be the increased to ₤1000 by an inheritance from a Maternal grand Uncle, who is now upwards of 80 years of age. My nephew will then, have no farther expectations until after his father’s decease, which I hope will not take place for many years to come. He will then probably receive an accession which would about double his capital. To prepare him for every \thing/ I have written to him, to stop on his way hither at Clausthal, for a few days, and endeavour [words crossed out] to obtain a practical insight there, into the mode of Smelting Copper and Lead Ore; & it is my intention to send him for 2 or 3 Weeks, via Hull, into England, to make his own observation upon the Agricultural system pursued in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. You will thus see that no expence, or efforts, have been spared or will be spared, to fit him in every respect for the duties of a useful practical Colonist – or if it must be so, a farmer in the State of New York or New Jersey. I am Dear Sir, Your mo. Obt. Servant. (signed) Robert V. Swaine

[Heading] Copy of a Letter from David McLaren Esq to R. V. Swaine Esq dated London 14 March 1845. Dear Sir, I have to refer to mine of the 7 Inst. Today yr. favor of the 28 Ultmo. was taken into Consideration by the Board, who fully confirm the representation made by me, of their anxiety to meet your wishes. They feel however very much restrained by the facts then mentioned, viz that there is no vacancy in any of our Colonial Departments,

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[overleaf] Departments, & that the policy of the Board & our Colonial Manager, has been to reduce expenses as much as possible. From the consideration however, of this application having been made by you, in behalf of a near relation, whose education, attainments, habits character, and prospects are such as you describe, the Board thinks proper to make an exception in his case; and have instructed me to inform you, that they would enter into an engagement with Mr Alfred Swaine, in the event of his going to So. Australia, to secure him employment in the service of the Co., for a year and a half after his arrival in the colony: the remuneration being at the rate of Fifty Pounds p Annum, as Salary; & of Fifty pounds p Annum for Board & Lodging: in case the Co. do not find him Board and Lodging, his travelling or other expenses, in transacting the business entrusted to him, being defrayed by the Co. It would be of course understood, that he should make himself as useful as possible, in every department of the Co’s. business, and be subject to the direction of Mr Giles, the Colonial Manager. The Board think it necessary to explain, that in naming the above small remuneration, they proceed on the supposition (as the latest despatches from the Colony imply) that Mr A. S. would be in a great measure a supernumerary, and that in acceding to your proposals, they bind themselves, but leave him free; they believe and expect, that he would on arrival, procure a much more favourable situation; and they would be pleased to find that Mr Giles required in the Co’s service, a Gentleman of such attainments as Mr Alfred, and consequently that he could pay him more, in proportion to his worth. But under the impression which the Board has, that there will not be, at that time any vacancy in the Co’s. service, they have made the proposal on the other side, as securing what you wish naturally to secure, certain employment for your nephew, for at least Eighteen months after his arrival in the colony – leaving him at the same time to confirm that arrangement, or to cancel it, within four weeks of his arrival there. I shall be happy to hear, that this proposal is satisfactory to you, and him. Please inform Mr Oelrichs, that I sent two Copies of the Passengers Act to Mr Delius address, through Messrs N. Veltman & Co. Manchester; and that no reply has been got from Sir R. Peel, as to the vessels bringing ore. I am Dear Sir Yours & c (signed) David McLaren [Initials at bottom left] WmWJ

[Heading] Copy of a letter from R. V. Swaine Esq, to David McLaren Esq. dated Hamburg 21st. March 1845. Dear Sir I beg to acknowledge receipt of yr. favor of the 14 Instant; and to [overleaf] [annotation in top right margin] [Page] 3. and to express to you, the pleasure which its contents gave me. I consider it a proof of great kindness and consideration, on the part of the Directors, to accede to my wish in respect to my nephew, notwithstanding the diminution of the emolument I proposed; & I beg the favor that you will convey my thanks to the Board. The Conditional engagement of my Nephew upon the terms stated in yr. letter, answers all the objects I had in view. It secures to him a respectable existence after his arrival out in the Colony, without subjecting him to the risk of remaining months, without employment, & eating up a portion of his little patrimony. I can no longer hesitate to recommend him to proceed to So. Ausia. in preference to the U. States; entertaining as I do, an opinion so much more favourable of the Colony, than of the overgrown and turbulent confederation. My Nephew is at present absent form Hamburgh, but I expect him to be back again tomorrow, & I have not any doubt that he will now make up his mind at once to proceed by the Patell to So. Australia. I shall recommend him, on his

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______arrival out to see Mr Giles within as short a period as possible on the subject; say perhaps ten days or a fortnight – and to communicate to him his decision in respect to the Director’s offer, & I shall moreover strongly recommend him to accept that offer, even if others of a rather more favourable nature should be made to him from a different quarter. I am convinced my nephew will do full justice to the description I have given of him; & I am also convinced that his emigration to So. Ausia.; with the favourable accounts which he will be enabled to transmit from thence, will induce many young men situated as he is, to follow him with their small amounts of capital. He has been particularly requested by some of them to communicate with them on arriving \reaching/ the place of his eventual emigration, & he informed me, that in his opinion he should be followed by many valuable emigrants. My Nephew visited Clausthal on his way to Hamburg, where he remained six days, inspecting the Lead and Copper Mines, & noting down all the information he could collect in respect to the mining & smelting operations there. During his stay in Hamburgh, he inspected the milk farms of the surrounding country & he is at present in Holstein making himself acquainted with the mode adopted there, amongst their superb dairy farms – the largest & the best regulated in [overleaf] regulated in Europe. On his return from Holstein, he proceeds to Mecklenburgh to pass a few days on the estate from which I made my selection of Rams last year; & \as soon as the state of the navigation permits it, &c/ will proceed to Hull & collect as much information as to the modes of farming in Yorkshire & Lincolnshire as can be obtained in 14 days. You see thus, that he is not idle, & that he is desirous of adding as much as possible to the stock of information & experience which he already possesses. We are going on with the 3rd. Expedition, which I think will proceed favourably, & the more germans we get, the less difficulty there will be in forwarding emigration from Germany systematically. I have made the communication to Mr Delius which you desire & again thanking you for yr. friendly interests in my nephew, I remain Dear Sir Very sincerely yours (signed) R. V. Swaine.

Copy of a Letter from David McLaren Esq. to R. V. Swaine Esq. dated London 28 March 1845. Dear Sir, I was duly favored with yours of the 14 & 21st. The latter was recd. this morning, & read to the Board at their meeting today. The Directors are pleased to find, that the arrangement which they proposed, has proved satisfactory to you – & they will feel gratified by learning that it is satisfactory to yr. nephew; & by hearing in due time that he has thought it good, to confirm the arrangement in the Colony I presume when in England, he will visit London, if so, I shall expect to have the pleasure of seeing him, & if he be in Town, on the 18 Proxo. or 2nd. May (our Board days) I hope he will avail himself of the opportunity of seeing the Directors. The Taglioni (a regular trader) will sail from this, for So. Ausia. next week, by which I shall advise Mr Giles of the negotiation relative to yr. nephew. I am glad to hear that the Patell, will be a full ship, & that there are encouraging prospects for a third expedition. I regret that Mr Delius, should have published an obsolete list of our Directors. Mr Rawson & Mr Rundle have both retired, & have been succeeded by Sir C. E. Smith Bart. G Davenport Esq & Jno. [John] Wheelton Esq. Mr Delius ought to have apprised me, before he published a second edition of his pamphlet. I have it not in my power, to send any reply yet, as to Mr Oelrichs application for leave to bring ore in return Freight. Mr Divett does not expect any such concession, in our jealously guarded navigation Laws.

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I am &c David McLaren. Manager [Initials in bottom left margin] WmWJ

[Heading] Copy of a Letter from R. V. Swaine Esq. to David McLaren Esq. dated Hamburg 25 March 1845. Dear Sir, Notwithstanding the letter I had the honor to transmit to you by last post, I think it right to say that my nephew returned the same evening from Holstein, & not to write a long story, has made up his mind upon the strength of the Directors obliging proposals to proceed to So. Ausia. He has now entirely abandoned every other project & is taking all the steps in his power to acquire such additional information as may be useful to himself & others in the Colony. He has obtained much useful information amongst the dairy farmers of Holstein, & he is now upon the road to Micklenburgh, where a visit to the Sheep farms of that Duchy will not be lost him. It is now thawing & we expect to see the water open by Monday next, in which case my nephew will start for Hull, seeing as much as he can of English farming, & returning in time to proceed with the Patell from Bremen. I will give you due notice of the probable day of her departure, so as to enable you to send over any despatches you may wish to convey by that opportunity. I am Dear Sir Your Mo. Obt. Sert (signed) R. V. Swaine.

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BRG 42/5/61 [New document] [In top margin] Duplicate [Heading] Copy of a note from W. Lee Esq to David McLaren Esq. dated Sandwich [England] 25 April 1845. Sir, I have to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 18th. Inst. conveying the distressing intelligence as to the situation of Mr. W. Wyborn, & his Son, which his brother & myself cannot but deeply deplore. There is a small Balance belonging to Mr W. Wyborn, in the hands of Mr James Wyborn & myself, as Trustees, & we are also Trustees of his one fourth of an Inn, in this place which we have several times attempted to sell but cannot. As such Trustees we are not authorised to appropriate any money without P. T. O. [overleaf] without the previous direction of Mr Wyborn, & therefore we are prevented making any remittance. If however he will draw upon us as before, say for ₤50 ” ” his Bill shall be duly honored. I am, Sir Your very Obt. Servant. (signed) W. Lee. for self & Jas. Wyborn. [Below] D. McLaren Esq.

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BRG 42/5/62 [New document] [In top margin] Original (Copy) [Heading] Copy of a letter from R. V. Swaine Esq to Mr David McLaren. dated Hamburg 26 August 1845. Dear Sir, I think we are now in a fair train to derive the benefit of German Emigration, for which we have been striving. The G. W. has already engaged about 200 passengers from various parts of Germany, & amongst others 60 odd from the vicinity of Rotosk. Four of the elders of this body were with me yesterday, they assured me that 200 more from their village, all being more or less related to them, will follow in spring. The people have all some property, & they have already requested me to be instrumental in procuring for the amount which they will deposit with me, credits from the South Australian Banking Co. upon their establishment in Adelaide. There is a man here, of the name of Seyforth, who has been accustomed to the publishing business. He has been a useful beater up for South Austia. but his wife has two houses here, which he cannot dispose of, & this for the present, detains him here. But Oelerichs is disposed to give both him, & a Setzer (the person who arranges the types) a free passage p. G. W. [George Washington], if the Company will advance ₤100 towards the purchase of a small German Press, including types, & a sufficiency of paper for some months. The idea of establishing a German newspaper in Adelaide (to appear once or twice a week) originated with me, & I have a very good opinion of its moral effect. It would circulate in Germany, & its contents would be copied into all German Papers so that South Australia would be favorably known from one end of Germany to the other. Delius thinks it would have a great moral effect in other respects, & I enclose a letter I have just recd. from him, which will show you his view; altho’ he is rather too hard upon the quality of the Paper, upon which Hamburg Journalists print their effusions. The object is not to make Seyforth a present of the press &c., but to loan it out to him in Adelaide for a fixed Rent; & this is desirable in other respects, for it gives the Co the control of the German Press. I should propose to consign it to Stakemann, & to give Stakemann entire authority over it – one of his conditions being that Seyforth shall print nothing which he has not looked through & approved. Seyforth is clever, but he wants a controling power, & it is far better for the colony & the Co. that the German press should be under control, than that Seyforth or any one else, should take one out with him for his own account, & print and publish what he choses!! Be so good as to consult the Directors, & favor me with a reply on the subject as early as possible. The reference in D’s letter to Peine, is to a party of 1000 persons collected in the Hartz, who project Emigration to Texas, & Delius wants to dispatch Seyforth thither, to convert them in favor of South Austa. Believe me Dear Sir, Sincerely yours (signed) R. V. Swaine [Initials in bottom left margin] WmWJ

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BRG 42/5/63 [New document] [In top margin] Original [Heading] Copy of Correspondence with the South Australia Banking Company – [Subheading] Copy Letter from Mr E. J. Wheeler to Mr D McLaren – 54 Old Broad Street (dated) 19th. February 1846. Dear Sir, The Court of Directors of this Bank instruct me to request the attention of your Board to the applications last August by the S. A. Company’s Representative for advances by the Bank at Adelaide, first for ₤5000, & then for ₤10,000 (viz that the first might be doubled) to purchase Mineral Lands for your Company – Those advances were promised, immediately Specie, then hourly expected / arrived; and though subsequent events obviated their necessity, they furnished undoubted proof of the Bank’s readiness to assist the Company whenever practicable. Although Mr Stephens made no reference to the mode of repaying the advances, yet under the possibility of their extent being unwelcome to your Board, & the contingency that on future occasions the S. A. Company’s Manager may seek loans from the Bank – the Bank Board hope your Directors will concur in the policy of avoiding all questions between the two companies, by establishing definite credits for your Manager, so that no advances may come from the Bank, beyond those clearly sanctioned by your Board – The Court therefore beg to know the wishes of the So. Austn Co. on the following points viz – I For what aggregate Amount is the Bank to negotiate Mr Giles’ drafts in your London Office, and at what usance? – II For what Amount is the Bank to allow Mr Giles to overdraw the So. Austn. Co’s ac/- current, without depositing security? I am to add that the Bank Directors will endeavour to afford whatever accomodation your reply desires – & in connection with the second query, I explain that this Court are indifferent about Collateral security, so long as the amount is within that clearly authorised by your Board. Possibly your answer may be assisted by knowing that irrespective of the Guarantee account the S. A. Co’s current ac/- on 26 May last, stood Dr. ₤3972..13..10 (exclusive of Interest) & that a Govt. Debenture for ₤1956.. & O/C. Bills for ₤1319..12..3 were lodged with the Bank as security. Our latest Return (1 Sept) indicates that the Balance was then ₤4221..11..2 Dr. The Bank Directors beg to assure your Board that this communication is designed with every feeling of cordiality to the South Austn. Company – I remain, Dear Sir, Your’s truly (signed) Edmund J. Wheeler Manager [Below] D. McLaren Esqre. So. Austn. Company. P. T. O.

[overleaf] [Heading] Copy of a Letter from Mr D. McLaren to Mr E. J. Wheeler (dated) 4 New Broad Street 3 March 1846. Dear Sir, I have to acknowledge receipt of your Letter of 19 Ulto. which was duly communicated to the Court of Directors at their last meeting on the 27 Ulto. Adverting to the two points, on which the Bank Directors desire to know the wishes of the Board of this Company as stated by you, in that letter, I am instructed to reply:

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I That the Directors have not authorised Mr Giles to draw on them, for any amount whatever – & that previously to the Bank Manager in the Colony, negotiating any such drafts, it will be requisite that Mr Giles produce the authority of the Board for the drafts presented – stating the amount & objects of said drafts. II That the Directors have reason to believe that the Balance of the Companys ac/- current with the Bank at Adelaide would be very considerably reduced on 30 Septr. & soon after that date quite liquidated – that both the Directors & Mr Giles contemplate that thereafter, the ac/- would require to be overdrawn, only to a very limited extent – & although the Board feels a difficulty in stating a specific sum, as the maximum, without the deposit of security – they have to say in general terms they wish their Representative in the Colony, to be treated in that respect, as any other respectable solvent Customer of the Bank. The Board receives with friendly feelings, the expression of cordiality on the part of the Bank Directors, and particularly of their willingness to afford whatever accomodation the Directors of this Company might desire. I remain, Dear Sir, Your’s truly, (signed) David McLaren Manager. [Below] E. J. Wheeler Esqre. So. Austn. Banking Company. [Initials in bottom left margin] WmWJ

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BRG 42/5/64 [New document] [In top margin] Original [Heading] Copy of letter from Messrs. Marsh & Edinborough to Mr D McLaren dated London 16 May 1846. Sir, We have, at your request, carefully examined the 191 bales of Wool marked “S A C Nos. 1/191 ex Taglioni @ Adelaide” from the Co’s Estates, & directed by you to be sold in our first public Sale on the 18 Inst. valuation of which we handed you yesterday; and regret to say we find them generally in indifferent condition, and badly washed: many of the fleeces are much charged with burrs, and seeds – which sadly depreciates their value. We beg to recommend strongly that the breech, leg, belly, and other skirtings be more effectually and carefully removed from the better part of the fleeces, prior to rolling them. We consider this shipment inferior to the last, not only in condition but in quality, and think a change of blood most desirable, as much of this season’s clip appears old and worn out. We have in our second sale on the 23 Instant, 128 bales marked [the letters IE are inside the diamond shape] IE “by the same ship as your Wool”, being from the flock of a Mr Ellis, which is of good description and breed. This Gentleman has lately crossed with some first rate Rams from V. D. Land & Sydney, and has greatly improved his flock: we take the liberty to mention the circumstance as doubtless this particular flock is known to your Manager in the Colony. Messrs. Archer of V. D. [Van Dieman’s] Land have a high character for their breed of sheep. We have the pleasure to enclose a small sample for your inspection, being of a class of Wool much esteemed, and always commanding a remunerating price: it is from Port Phillip & grown by a Mr Learmouth. Our first series of public sales of Colonial & other Wool for this season, commenced on the 14th., and will continue until the 30 Instant. We are sorry to say prices have receded about 2d p lb. on last year’s rates. We have the honor to remain Sir, Your obliged and obedient Servts. (signed) Marsh & Edinborough. [Initials in bottom left margin] WmWJ

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BRG 42/5/65 [New document] [In top margin] Original [Heading] Copy of a letter from Mr E. J. Wheeler So. Austrian Banking Company to Mr D. McLaren, South Australian Company. (dated) London 6 October 1846. Dear Sir, The Board of Directors instruct me to transmit the the annexed extract from a letter (8 May) recently received fro Mr Stephens concerning P. Deans draft for £26..1..10 which your Company declined protecting, although Mr S. arranged on its behalf that such should be done, if refused by the Drawee. From Mr Stephens’s explanation & the correspondence with you, whereof he sends a copy, the Bank Board perceive that this ₤26..1..10 was for compensation for Mr Dean’s services, which resulted in the S. A. Coy receiving from ₤200 to ₤250 for an apparently hopeless Debt, through the valuable aid of the Bank Manager; & that Mr Stephens informed you on 24 May 1845 of the Company’s Liability for this amount. The Court consequently request the Company’s non protection of this Bill, & as the ₤250 has been received by your representative at Adelaide, I am to request the favor of instructions going by the next vessel for his repaying the Bank the ₤26..1..10 with all expences &c., from its dishonour. I am Dear Sir, Yours truly. (signed) Edmund J. Wheeler Manager. [Below] D. McLaren Esq South Australian Co.

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BRG 42/5/66 [New document] [In top margin] Duplicate. [Heading] Extracts from Mr Delius’ letter of 9 October 1846 respecting German Emigrants p “Heloise” from Bremen She has on board 213 Colonists. There are 14 miners with their families who owe for arrears of passage ₤213–1–6. & will be hired upon a sworn contract made here, by whomsoever may be willing to advance this amount, or pay it in or at the Current rates. The other passengers take out with them more ready cash than any of the former expeditions, & after having cleared our Money brokers of all the English & Spanish Coin (perhaps 2 m ₤) have still 200 Prussian Louises left to sell at Adelaide, & I would feel much gratified that you could cause them to be exchanged on reasonable terms, & have no doubt the Bank of S.A. would secure the confidence of the party, if they granted a fair exchange, & at the same time your agent may induce them to become tenants of the Coy. I have penned the enclosed note to the Leader, to be handed to him, by Mr Giles. They will not be in a hurry to buy land, as I have advised them to earn wages for a short time, to become acquainted with the Country, & later, to invest their money in live stock and to become tenants. This party forming the bulk of the expedition, consists of 145 souls – are old lutherans & religious people, from Posen, & will be influenced by Pastor Kavel, to whom I have given them a letter. They are one inseparable party, and need not be particularised, being agriculturalists. The other parties, I will give you some particulars, and place them before you, as I think they deserve. The most distinguished character on board, is Doctor Bayer of Erlangen, a man of eminent talents, who had to leave his Country Bavaria, on act of having been concerned in a duel and refusing to violate his promise not to name the contending parties to his Govt. He is known to his Govt, & to all his acquaintances to be of such veracity, that his report on S.A. will be implicitly believed, & open a new influx of emigration from Southern Germany a district where our Colony is yet unknown, at least thro’ private accounts, which alone have effect, and which have already been commenced by Mr Alfred Swaine, to whom Dr. Bayer bears most particular letters of introduction. It is the desire of Dr. Bayer to remain in the Colony, & as he is not particularly provided with ready funds, it would be great service to him, if some Gentn. would receive him as a guest in his family. As he is a very moral & well behaved young man of about 32 years – I have no doubt he will be a desirable acquisition, & that his great medical skill will soon acquire him renown – I am firmly enough convinced of this, that I feel authorised to elicit your kind recommendations, & Mr Swaine will join me in this request, knowing that his Brother, the Privy councillor at Reinhards – Winden, has written to him concerning Dr. Bayer. He will also make discoveries as a natural philosopher. Amongst the remainder of the passengers I beg to distinguish & recommended by a few [overleaf] by a few lines to Mr Giles (and to Mr Swaine his Assistant) Mr Augustus Klähn (pronounced Clane) from Glogau in Silesia – Said Gentleman paid his passage to Texas, where his brother went some time before. Passing through Berlin, he recd. such discouraging accounts from his said Brother, that he forfeited his passage, & resolved to go to South Australia – He has with him a very handsome family, & two pretty young Ladies named Schach, with a brother who is a Millwright. This party is desirous of becoming Tenants of yr. Company, & I believe have means to make a beginning, if they can obtain Land on installments, paying in fruits of the field. If you will therefore direct Mr Giles to locate them, I believe they will draw a large party after them, headed by Count Poninsky at Potsdam, with whom I am in correspondence. The party do not go as Cabin Passengers wishing to save their means for their establishment in the Colony. There are but two Cabin Passengers: a Prussian, Von Doussa a very handsome young military – Menkens a merchant from Oldenburg – (young men) of their means and objects, I am not informed.

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The next character which I bring to your notice, is a Gold & silversmith, Firnhaber, a very respectable Citizen of Bremen, & artizan of great skill. He takes out a complete establishment, & will prove his workmanship in the first task he undertakes. He wishes to rent a store at Adelaide, & has a fine family with him. His friend Ordermann takes with him some ₤100. Also a Cook a widow Ann Harmes of about 35 years, goes with this party, wishing to be engaged in a family & is a nice & cleanly person. The rest of the Passengers are not particularly worthy of your attention, and are Mechanics from the interior of Germany. I have given the complete list to Captn. Bechmann, made out in English, & he will hand it to Mr Giles, should he desire to see it. [initials in bottom left margin] WmWJ

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BRG 42/5/67 [New document] [Heading in top margin] Copy letter from Mr Michael M Williams to Mr D McLaren Original (dated) Swansea 28 October 1846 Dear Sir, I beg to hand you a list of todays sale of Ores at this place. The Company’s Ores will be sampled on Wednesday next, and I will thank you to inform me under what name you would wish it to appear. – We shall finish dressing it on Friday, when I shall be able to give you some report as to its probable value – We have seen no Copper Ore brought here yet from Australia or any other place, that gives a more promising or encouraging appearance, and you may rely on it, there is abundance from whence it was taken, the principal part of this lot I think has been taken from near the surface I have no doubt it will much improve in quality deeper although there are some very rich Stones of Ore in the present lot, and from appearance I should think it will make about 18 or 20 p Cent The Company have been most fortunate for their taking, and if the Mine from whence this Ore was taken does not prove to \be/ equal to any Mine in Australia that have yet sent Ores to this place, I shall be very much mistaken – I have very much pleasure in being able to give you so favourable a report, and should the present lot not turn out to be so rich as the Directors might have expected, it would not in the least alter my opinion, for all the favourable indications are there. I remain. Dear Sir, Yours Respectfully (Signed) Mich M Williams [Below] D McLaren Esq – [Initials in bottom left margin] [JWK ?]

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BRG 42/5/68 [New document] [In top margin] Duplicate [Heading] Copy of a letter from Mr. M. M. Williams to Mr D. McLaren. (dated) Swansea 28 October 1846. Dear Sir, I beg to hand you a list of today’s sale of ores at this place. The Company’s ores will be sampled on Wednesday next, & I will thank you to inform me, under what name you would wish it to appear; We shall finish dressing it on Friday, when I shall be able to give you some report as to its probable value. We have seen no Copper ore brought here yet from Australia, or any other place, that gives a more promising of encouraging appearance, and you may rely on it, there is an abundance from whence it was taken. The principal part of this lot I think has been taken from near the surface, I have no doubt it will much improve in quality deeper, altho’ there are some very rich stones of ore in the present lot, and from appearances I should think it will make about 18 or 20 p cent. The Company have been most fortunate in their taking, & if the Mine from whence this ore was taken, does not prove to be equal to any Mine in Australia, that have yet sent ore to this place, I shall be very much mistaken I have very much pleasure in being able to give you so favorable a report, and should the present lot not turn out to be so rich as the Directors might have expected, it would not in the least, alter my opinion: for all the favorable indications are there. I remain &c. (signed) Mich. M. Williams [Initials in bottom left margin] WmWJ

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BRG 42/5/69 [New document] [In top margin] Original [Superimposed circular rubber stamp imprint] * SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY * ADELAIDE * [Annotation in centre of imprint in ink] 28/6/47 [Heading] Copy of Letter from S. Walcott. to D McLaren. 9 Park Street. London. 4 February 1847. Sir, I am directed by the Commissioners of Colonial Land and Emigration, to acknowledge your letter of the 30th. Ultimo. The Comers. are happy to perceive that the general nature of their proceedings in sending \out/ emigrants to the Colony has been satisfactory to the South Australian Company. With respect to the vessel to which you allude as destined to receive Irish Emigrants, I am desired by the Comers. to observe to you in the first place, that fully one half of this ship is devoted to carrying the emigrants of a Gentleman who contributed ₤4000 to the funds of the Colony nearly 6 years ago, on condition that he should be allowed to nominate emigrants for a free passage, but who from that time to this has been kept without the performance of that condition, because the Colony had not the necessary funds for the purpose. The Commers. are much too well convinced of the regard which this Company and all Gentlemen interested in the Colony will entertain for the observance of good faith, to feel the least apprehension that they can be dissatisfied, when aware of the fact, with the discharge of this long outstanding obligation. But it is necessary at the same time to explain to you that the Comers. neither have the right, nor can admit any supposed duty, to deal with one part of the United Kingdom as absolutely distinct from all others. It will be necessary that another ship should be very shortly engaged for Irish Emigrants in order to provide for the remainder of the people who are entitled to a free conveyance under the Land purchase above alluded to. The Board will always wish to select the kind of people who are best suited to the Colony, and to whose own prospects therefore the Colony will be best suited, but they must clearly decline either to proclaim or to be bound by any general rule, importing that the inhabitants of one part of the U. Kingdom are necessarily to be excluded from advantages open to their fellow subjects. In conformity with the opinion in the concluding part of your letter the Comers. are glad to state that they will be able to despatch at least one ship a month to the Colony. You may rely on their desire to supply both the description and quantity of Labour which the wants of the Colony demand. I am &c (signed) S. Walcott. Secretary [Below] To D McLaren Esq. [Initials in bottom left margin] WmWJ

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BRG 42/5/70 [New document] [In top margin] Original [Superimposed circular rubber stamp imprint] * SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY * ADELAIDE * [In centre of imprint in ink] 28/6/47 [Heading] Copy correspondence S.A. Co. with So. Austn. Bkg Company. [Vertical annotation in top right margin in pencil] E.J. Wheeler 11 February 1847 E. J. Wheeler to D McLaren. London 11 February 1847. Dear Sir, I am ordered by a Committee of Directors of this Bank to apprise you, that from the Minutes of the Local Board, it appears that on 21 July, the Company’s colonial Account was Dr. ₤13,102 and that Mr. Giles had not deposited the security promised when the ₤12,000 was advanced for the Mineral Land. The Bank Directors will be obliged by any explanation you can offer of the great delay in furnishing the stipulated security and by your instructing Mr. Giles to complete the same forthwith. I am also instructed to refer to the former correspondence between the two offices, for a specific credit to be established for your Representative’s operations; and to annex an extract from Mr. Stephen’s letter of 4 August, to which the Bank invites the attention of your Directors. The Court consider it very preferable that the South Aust. Company should name and explicit amount for a cash credit to its Manager when needed, rather than risk differences of opinion as to what should or should not have been advanced. The Court suggest that such Cash credit may be defined to be irrespective of the past advance for the 12,000 acres of Mineral Lands so as to be wholly available for the Company’s usual operations, and that if agreeable to your Board, provision can be made for emergencies, in the mode suggested by Mr. Stephens. The Banking Company are ready to sanction whatever credit your Board desires for its Manager, but they trust its limits &c may be explicitly stated. I am &c. (signed) E. J. Wheeler. Manager.

[Heading] Extract from E. Stephen’s letter dated 4 August 1846 – The correspondence between you & the S. A. Co. is duly noted. I regret the want of explicitness in Mr. McLaren’s letter to you of 3 March/46. The Local Board consider it extremely indefinite, and are somewhat surprised at it, when they consider that Mr. Giles cannot carry on the most simple operations without Bank Assistance, and that moreover Mr. Giles states that he has no power to give security for sums borrowed from the Bank. If the Bank were not now liberally to come forward, Mr. Giles could not shear one of the Co’s sheep this season, nor could he have done so last. The Directors feel Mr. McLaren places too much odium upon them by [overleaf] by want of distinctness: had he not better obtain the sanction of his Directors to a cash credit whenever needed by Mr. Giles, for a specified amount & which amount should not be exceeded by Mr. Giles, except by consent of the Bank local Board, & by lodgment of collateral authorised security. I have pleasure in stating that we have uniformly treated the S. A. Co. as essentially our best friends, and one of our oldest and best customers, yet I fear we could not with propriety have advanced the amount for the Mineral Land purchase, had we then been in possession of Mr. McLaren’s letter of 3 March, and though any such occasion is not likely to occur again, yet it would perhaps be more agreeable if the matters of this nature were made more definite – that the present good understanding may continue –

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D McLaren to E. J. Wheeler. London 16 February 1847. Dear Sir, I duly received yours of the 11 Instant, which was communicated to the Board on the 12th. I am instructed to inform you, in reply, that we were not previously aware, that there had been any delay on the part of Mr. Giles in depositing the security promised, when the ₤12,000 were advanced by the Bank of So. Australia, for the Mineral Land. I shall write Mr. Giles by the first opportunity, requiring an explanation of that delay and shall instruct him to make the stipulated deposit forthwith. if the same has nor been previously done. The Board however presumes that it will be found that he had already done so. The propriety of fixing a specified amount for a cash credit to Mr. Giles with the Bank of South Australia, will be taken into consideration by the Board, and their decision duly communicated to you. I need not assure you, that they are desirous of avoiding every thing which could possibly endanger the good feeling subsisting between this Company and the Banking Company. I am &c. (signed) David McLaren Manager [Initials in bottom left margin] WmWJ

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BRG 42/5/71 [New document] Duplicate. [Heading] Copy letter from E. J. Wheeler & Co. to Mr. McLaren. London 19 May 1847. Dear Sir, We are writing to Adelaide p “Aboukir” to make final arrangements for the homeward cargo of the “Competitor”, which we expect (D. V.) will arrive at Adelaide from 5 to 10 Oct. and will be dispatched early in December, direct to London, so as to be in time for the first sales of 1848. As the “Competitor” has proved her sailing qualities, & was the only Adelaide ship in time for these opening spring sales, we hope the S. A. Coy. will again give her a preference for their early Wool, on equal terms with other A.1. and direct vessels – and if no previous engagements have been made at Adelaide. With these views we beg to offer the Directors room p “Competitor” for 200 bales Wool at current rates at Adelaide for A. 1. ships to London, to be shipped between 12 & 25 November – or earlier if convenient to Mr. Giles & Captn. Hyde, and we shall feel obliged if the Board would (p “Aboukir”) instruct him to close the agreement with our Agent, if he ( Mr. G) has made no previous bargain. Unless constituents of our own, sending no lead or copper ore require for it, the entire space the “Competitor” can allot to heavy weight, we shall, if the S. A. Coy. give her preference of their Wool, order them to have a preference at current terms, over other Mining Companies, for any ores Mr. Giles may desire to send to London. We are &c. (signed) E. J. Wheeler & Co. [Below] To D. McLaren Esq. [Initials in bottom left margin] WmWJ [In bottom right corner] Turn over

[Heading] Copy letter (in reply to foregoing ) from Mr. McLaren to E. J. Wheeler & Co. London 22 May 1847. Dear Sirs, In reply to your favor of the 19 Inst, I have the pleasure of saying that I am to authorise Mr. Giles to close an agreement with the Agent of the “Competitor” for our early Wools, on equal terms with other A. 1. and direct vessels, provided he has not made any previous engagement. He will in the event of shipping Wool, also avail himself of the opportunity, if afforded him, of shipping ore by her at current terms. I am &c. (signed) David McLaren Manager [Below] To Messrs. E. J. Wheeler & Co.

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BRG 42/5/72 [New document] [In top left margin] Duplicate [Heading] Copy of a letter from Beddome & Weir to Mr. McLaren. London 20th May 1847 Dear Sir, According to your desire we write to you in connection with our conversations on the letters of Mr. Bartley to yourself of the 23rd. May 1846 – and to Mr. Giles of the 28 November 1846: The difficulties alluded to, are raised by quibbling members of our profession, and are to be treated lightly. In private agreements for the sale of land they are to be guarded against by a Clause that, the Title of the Trustees and the right to sell by your manager, shall not be disputed; and in Public sales, by a condition to the like effect – no person wanting your land would be deterred \from buying/ by any such Chimeras. We think it out of the question that you should send your Deed of settlement to the Colony; it might be essential to your vitality here, when 15,000 miles off. We think it might be advisable to send a new Power executed by your present Trustees, with an attested copy of your Trust Deed & of the Resolutions alluded to; with a further letter of Advice to your colonial Manager as to meeting the imaginary difficulties created by litigious spirits, and satisfying the minds of timid, but willing, purchasers. Considering the amount of property you have in the colony and the dealings with it there, we should recommend a duplicate of your deed being made and sent out; and that it would be well worth the expence, if it could be accomplished without any great practical difficulties as to its execution by the Proprietors &c. We are &c. (signed) Beddome & Weir. [Below] D McLaren Esq. [Initials in bottom left margin] WmWJ

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BRG 42/5/73 [New document] [In top left margin] Original. [Heading] Copy letter from J. Shaw to Mr. McLaren. Huddersfield 14 June 1847. Sir, I have been a shareholder in the South Austn. Company, almost from the commencement, but notwithstanding that, I have never yet been furnished with a copy of the Balance sheet. I have witnessed with regret the conduct of the Directors in re-electing themselves to office, instead of admitting new men to take part in the management of our affairs. That our affairs have been mismanaged, the absence of & Dividend, & the ruinous price at which our shares have been sold, fully testify. I am no stranger to the mode in which London Gent conduct the affairs of public companies. I have seen proceedings which have filled me with unutterable disgust. I have witnessed far greater anxiety to grab the attendance fee of 2 or 3 guineas, than the patient and laborious attendance in the transaction of official duties. These are left to the care of well paid functionaries, who generally happen to be relatives or friends of the Directors, and what is the general result? why that shares are from 50 to 70 p cent discount. We have been tickled long enough with promises, and have waited patiently, that our duty now is to demand a change. As a shareholder I demand to know our present position, before any new shares are created. Give me a copy of our expenditure, including office expenses – Secretary & clerk’s salaries Director’s fees &c. – together with a full &satisfactory balance sheet, that I may know what has become of the money. It will not do for the Chairman to say, “I stand upon my “character, these hands are clean” –. I demand proofs. The newspapers give flattering accounts of the prospects of So. Austia. of its agriculture its Wool, & its Minerals”; but I want to see them in the balance sheet & to feel them in a good dividend. I protest against my ₤1,000 vote till our affairs are in better condition. I am no flatterer. I write like an honest man – and as this is a business affair, I wait your reply. I am &c. (signed) Joseph Shaw. [Below] Mr. D. McLaren [Initials in bottom left margin] WmWJ

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BRG 42/5/74 [New document] [In top left margin] Original [Heading] Copy letter from M. M. Williams to Mr. McLaren. Swansea 15th. June 1847. Dear Sir, I am in receipt of your favor of the 10th. Inst – and have now the pleasure of communicating to you, the produce of the Kanmantoo ores for sale on the 24th., which I have just received – viz – No. 30 Kanmantoo p “Stantons” 74 tons. 17⅝ p cent produce “ 31 – .. – – .. – 73 –..– 16¾ – .. – “ 32 – .. – – .. – 35 .. 17½ – .. – “ 33 – .. – (Lindoch Valley) 1 .. 23 – .. – “ 34 – .. – p “Express” 34 .. 22½ – .. – The result of these assays are not so good as I anticipated; and we afterwards found that there was a larger portion of inferior ores in the “Stantons” cargo than in the parcel by the “Express” – in fact the quality of \the/ both of these lots might be greatly improved by a selection of the low price ores. Nos. 31 & 32 consist of the ore that was shipped in bulk on board. the “Stanton”, and No. 31 the ore that was contained in the Bags by the same vessel. No. 33 is the little lot of ore from the 11 bags, and from Lyndoch Valley. The quantity of one ton mentioned on the sampling list, is only nominal – as only never less than that quantity appears, however small the lot may be – and in the present instance nothing has been added to it; so that the actual quantity must be less than half a ton. You will observe this has yielded a very good produce, and is a very pretty sample of ore – it embraces all the favorable appearance that a Mine could wish for, and indicates great prospects of an abundance of copper. No. 34. is the lot by the “Express” which I really expected would have given a better produce. The lot of ore (No. 31) which was contained in the bags, is different to the ore in bulk – it being chiefly small stones and fine dust ore, although I imagine it all came from the same Mine, but the small was not so good as the rough ores. I remain &c. (signed) Michael M. Williams. [Below] D McLaren. Esq [Initials in bottom left margin] WmWJ

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BRG 42/5/75 [New document] [Bundle of four letters with perforations where they were formerly pinned together] [Annotation in top right margin] [Page] 1 [In top left margin] Original [Vertical annotation in left margin in pencil] E J Wheeler 19 July 1847 [Heading] Copy correspondence with Messrs. E. J. Wheeler & Co. [Subheading] E. J. Wheeler & Co. to D. McLaren. London 19 July 1847 Dear Sir, We are obliged by your favor of 16 Inst – stating the present views of the S. A. Co. Directors, concerning the lease of one of their Mineral Sections. On behalf of our Constituents we beg to reply that the general principle of the terms seem fair, though some details may require slight modification in perfecting an arrangement – but there appears some serious difference in estimating the expences, and returns, or a royalty of ⅛ of the gross produce in England would not be named. To test this matter, we annex an estimate of the results at such a royalty, according to an average of all the ore yet imported from Kanmantoo, and the Board will perceive that it leaves a balance which cannot compensate any prudent adventurers. The hundreds of tons of ore we have already imported and the attention we have long given to Mining in South Australia, enable us to suppose that our calculations are on the whole, fair. If we some points we over estimate, on others, we under reckon – but we shall be glad to discuss the items with yourself or any member of the Board, or to receive any other proof of serious error in the estimates. Concerning the average produce of the Kanmantoo ores, which is 19 to 19% –, we have a corroboration of its general accuracy, that a parcel of ore from the Paringa Mine (adjoining) gave 16%, while the Montacute varies from 18 to 22% , the Kapunda from 17 to 24%, and the bulk of the Burra Burra ore (excepting 2 unusually fine lodes) from 17 to 22%, so that no larger increase of Richness can be reasonably calculated upon. Unless serious inaccuracy be proved in our estimates, your Board will perceive that a royalty of ⅛ in England or ¼ in Adelaide is an unsatisfactory rate for a lessee – and that if the Directors” resolution is unalterable, our constituents cannot rent a Mine from the Company. We trust their consideration of this communication, will enable them to name a lower Royalty, and being desirous to bring the correspondence to a successful result, we suggest that the Royalty in England should fluctuate, according as the average produce of each cargo, shall be under 20% – above 20% and under 25% – above 25 and under 30%, or 30% and [overleaf] [Annotation in top left margin] [Page] 2 upwards. Our constituents are quite disposed to pay the Company a fair proportion of what they receive, but they presume that the Directors do not desire to impose terms almost certain to leave a positive loss. We presume the Company will incline to encourage parties bonâ fide desirous to make a fair experiment by leasing one of their Mines, and as we believe our constituents are the first thus negociating, we trust the Board will so modify their terms of 16th. Inst., as to permit a remunerative arrangement for our friends, which would thus encourage other applications for Mines from the Company. We are &c. (signed) Edmund J Wheeler & Co. [Below] D. McLaren Esq

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[Post script] [Centred heading] Kanmantoo ore. {estimated gross} 78 tons ex Kingston – sold 25 Nov 1846 {as per List } Produce 20. standard 92 – Price ₤16. 3/- ₤1259..-. 34 “ ex Rajah. sold 24 June 1847. Produce 22½ standard 90½ Price ₤18. 2/- 615..-. 182 “ ex Competitor – sold 24 June 1847 74 Produce 17¾ standard 92 Price ₤14. 2/- ₤1043. 73 – .. – 16¼ – .. – 92¾ – .. – 12.17/- 938. 35 – .. – 16¾ – .. – 92½ – .. – 13.. 5/6 464 182 2445 294 tons ₤4319..-. Say Average produce 18⅓ % – .. – price ₤14..13..9 per ton. – .. – standard about 92

Less for damp, draft, & loss of weight before payment by smelters } 344..- say 8 % } ₤3975..-. Swansea charges on 294 tons, Customs duty &c. at 13/- ₤ 191..-.. Insurance on ₤4300 @ 70/- % average 151..-.. Freight on 294 tons @ 90/- (average to Swansea) 1523..-.. Commission on ₤4000 @ 2½ % 100..-.. 1765.. -. Net Proceeds in England of 294 tons as above - .. - .. ₤2210..- . say ₤7..10..4 per ton

Cost &c of raising and shipping on 294 tons from S. A. Proposed royalty on 1/8 on gross ₤4319 – ₤ 540..-.. Raising 294 tons @ 40/- per ton 588..-.. Carried over ₤ 1128 ₤2210..-. [Overleaf] [Annotation in top right margin] [Page] 3 Brought over ₤ 1128..-.. ₤2210..-. Cartage to Port at 40/- per ton 588..-.. Waste, expence of raising poor ore before separating that for export &c. say 50..-.. Superintendence in colony by Mining Captain Manager &c. 80..-.. Wharfage dues & Post Agency on 294 tons @ 5/- as per Burra Burra a/cs 72..-.. Proportion of cost of Implements, Machinery and sundry contingencies 100..-.. 2018..-. Net benefit to adventurers on 294 tons = 13/- per ton ₤ 192..-. to cover expences in England, interest of Capital, risk of markets – (₤92.. being a higher standard than sometimes current) &c. &c. E. and O. E. London 19 July 1847 (signed) E. J. W. & Co

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[Subheading] D. McLaren to E. J. Wheeler & Co. London 22 July 1847 Gentn., Your favor of the 19th Inst. was duly communicated to the Board of Directors yesterday, by whom I am instructed to inform you, that your observations will receive immediate and mature consideration. The suggestion as to varying the proportion to be delivered as Royalty, according as the average produce of each cargo may vary, was favorably viewed. And as there is a sincere desire on the part of the Board, to complete an arrangement with your constituents on fair terms, I hope the difference between us, which at present is so wide, will be accomodated. Various items in your calculations, seem overestimated I am &c. (signed) David McLaren Manager [Below] Messrs. E. J. Wheeler & Co.

[Subheading] E. J. Wheeler & Co. to D. McLaren London 29 July 1847. Dear Sir, Having conferred with our constituents upon your favor of 22 Instant, we are Instructed to reply as follows: You intimate that some of the calculations in ours of 19 Inst seem over-estimated – but as you do not particularise, we are unable [Overleaf] [Annotation in top left margin] [Page] 4 to discuss that point. We may however add, that they have since been submitted to Mr. Jno. Morphett (whose Colonial experience entitles his opinion to respect.) and he considers those estimates fair on the whole, and that the actual result would differ, but slightly from our calculation. Our constituents are so convinced that a Royalty of ⅛ of gross proceeds would, according to all previous averages of So. Austn. ores, be perilous to the Lessees, that if the Directors adhere thereto, the negociation must be finally abandoned. To the principle of a Royalty on Net proceeds (as verbally mooted by you.) our friends object, because such would be almost certain to engender questions about what were fair items of expence – and because such is contrary to Mining usage. The system of a proportion of the gross sums actually paid by the Buyers of the ore is far from simple and satisfactory to all parties, and where proof of the amount is needed, it is then readily procurable. To a Royalty on gross proceeds our constituents therefore beg respectfully to adhere. As to the carriage to Port Adelaide, the shipping and Landing charges and especially the freight, (important items of expence) are the same on low, as on rich ores, our constituents prefer the principle of a Royalty regulated by the average assays. Thus both parties get a fairer share of the real benefit of working the Mines. We are now desired to state that our constituents will take a lease on one section of from 100 to 200 acres of the Company’s Mineral Land at or near Kanmantoo on the following terms. Mr. Giles to point out to Mr. John or Mr. George Morphett (on behalf of our friends) the “5 or 6 spots with indications of copper ore” – as mentioned in yours of 16 Inst. Mr. Morphett to have liberty to prove any or all of these, at our friends’ expence and to be allowed until 30 June next, (if needful) for such examinations. On Mr. Morphett’s finally selecting one suitable piece of Land not to exceed 200 acres, it shall be considered as leased to our friends on the following terms, namely – I An Annual rental of five shillings (5/- ) p surface acre, payable in London, half yearly. II Upon all ores sold from such, preliminary examinations, & from the Mine when taken – (which ores the lessees may sell where and how they please) the Company to receive a royalty of :

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1/14 on each cargo or shipment of ore, where the average sale assay is 20% and under. 1/12 – do – – do – if from 21 to 30%. 1/10 – do – – do – if of 31% or upwards. (Fractions up to ½ inclusive, to reckon nothing, but if exceeding ½ to reckon as one) [overleaf] [Annotation in top right margin] [Page] 5 such royalties to be calculated upon the gross sums actually paid by the buyers of the ores; the Assays to be determined by the printed List, if sold at Swansea, & if elsewhere, then by the assays of the respective buyers. III The foregoing Royalties to be paid the Company in cash (without discount) within 14 days after maturity of the Buyers’ acceptances; if any ores are sold in the colony the proportion thereon to be paid accordingly to their Local Manager. The Lessees shall have liberty of holding the Mine for 21 years, from the day of final selection, but if the workings are at any time suspended for a space of six calender months (except by inevitable accidents which prevent active operations) the Lessees tenancy shall thereupon cease. And as a surface rent is unusual in England, the Lessees shall be exempted from paying it longer than 3 months after they cease their tenancy. The Company of course guarantee a ready access to and from the Mine, and they shall forthwith write out to Mr. Giles, to lease no Mineral Land near Kanmantoo, until Mr. Morphett has made his selection or refusal. All details in So. Austia. to be adjusted between the respective Representatives of the Company and the Lessees. In case of unforseen questions arising on either side, (whether in the colony or in England) the same to be met in a liberal spirit according to the usage of the Mines in South Australia, or where such is not applicable, then according to the general system of Mining in Cornwall – and if needful, an impartial person to decide by arbitration. As the Board will desire to know for whom we treat, we beg to state confidentially, that it is for a private association of a few gentlemen, for whom and themselves, Messrs. J. R. Todd, C. Chippindale, and W. Richards, act as superintending Trustees. We presume the names of those gentlemen will be sufficient pledge that any arrangement with the Company will be honorably executed. Our constituents have thus submitted an explicit offer, which they consider fair to both parties, simple yet efficient in its operation, and giving reasonable prospect of mutual satisfaction. We are to express the hope that it may be favorably met by the So. Austn. Co. – if so, prompt measures will be taken to commence the Mine, and the provision for the lease ceasing by an undue suspension of the Works, guarantees its active prosecution, Requesting the favor of an early answer from the Board; We are &c. (Signed) Edmund J. Wheeler & Co. [Post script] Our constituents would like to have the right of purchase (before the lease expires) the freehold at a fixed price. Will you state that the rate p acre the Company would require. (sgd.) E. J W. & Co.

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Mineral Lands in So. Austia, have been accepted with the following exceptions and modifications. The lease to comprehend one section of Land, from 100 to 200 Contiguous acres of the Company’s Mineral Lands in the neighbourhood of Kanmantoo, in the Mount Barker District, South Australia. Mr. Giles, our Colonial Manager, will point out to any person whom you may select for that purpose, the five or six spots with indications of copper ore, mentioned in my letter of the 16 Ulto. Your Representative to have the liberty to prove any or all of these, at your expense, and to be allowed until the 30 June next (if needful) for such examinations. Your representative shall on or before the said 30th day of June next, select, and give notice in writing to Mr. Giles of the selection, of one portion of Land not less than 100 acres, not more than 200 acres; the whole, whatever the extent, to be contiguous, and inform, as nearly as may be that of a Parallelogram; the lease to commence from the day on which such selection shall be intimated to Mr. Giles and to be on the following terms: I An Annual Rental of five shillings (5/) per surface acre payable in London half yearly. II Upon all ores sold in England which shall be raised from such preliminary examinations, and upon working the mine after the same has leased, the Lessees shall pay to the Directors of this Company, a Royalty of: 1/14 on each Cargo, or shipment of ore, where the average sale assay is 20% or under. 1/12 - do - - do - if from 21 to 30% 1/10 - do - - do - if of 31% or upwards: (fractions up to ½ inclusive to reckon nothing – but if exceeding ½ to reckon as one.) Such Royalties to be calculated upon the gross sums actually paid by the Buyers of the ores – the assays to be determined by the printed List, if sold at Swansea; but if elsewhere in England than at Swansea, by such Assays as may have been recognised by the buyers and sellers at the sale. The amount of such Royalties to be paid the Company in Cash (without discount) within fourteen days after Maturity of the Buyer’s Acceptances. [overleaf] [Annotation in top right margin] [Page] 7 III Upon all ores sold in the colony, the lessees shall pay to our Colonial Manager, one seventh (1/7) part of the gross sums, paid as the purchase price of those ores, and all ores sent by the lessees to any place, or places, other than England, they shall deliver to the said Manager at Port Adelaide South Australia, one seventh part of the quantity prepared for shipment – the same to be nearly as may be, one seventh part of the entire value of the said quantity, after the same shall have been dressed and made merchantable. IV The Lessees shall have the option of sending the ores for sale to England, or elsewhere, and of selling or disposing of them in the colony, as they think fit; due information being given by them to our Colonial Manager, of their intentions, and all reasonable and customary facilities being afforded him, in relation to the quantity of the ores raised and to the disposal of the same. V The Lessees shall have the liberty of holding the Mine for 21 years from the day of selection under the customary conditions for preserving to the Lessors, rights of re-entry; but if the workings be at any time suspended for a space of six calender months, (except by inevitable accidents which prevent active operations,) the Lessees Tenancy shall thereupon cease, and in that case the surface rent of 5/- per acre, shall be paid by the Lessees for Three (3 months) months after their Tenancy has ceased, but shall not be longer chargeable. VI The terms and regulations above mentioned, shall apply to all kinds whatsoever of Metal and Metallic ores, which shall be found within or upon, the Lands so to be leased; a right of access or way leave, to & from the said Lands, to be afforded to the Lessees by the Lessors.

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The preceding embraces all the points which it seems necessary to particularise. In case of any unforeseen questions arising, they will be met on the part of the Board in a liberal spirit; and should any differences of opinion arise, these, if not adjusted by the Principals, or their respective representatives in the colony, will be submitted to arbitration. The Board do not feel themselves justified in naming at present any Pre-emption price for the freehold; long before the lease expires, they may be prepared to do so. They have already instructed Mr. Giles not to lease any Lands in the neighbourhood of Kanmantoo, and will take an early opportunity of confirming these instructions. Permit me only to say, that you will observe the only material alteration which we require in the terms offered by you, is in regard to ores sold in the colony, or sent otherwise than [overleaf] [Annotation in top left margin] [Page] 8 to England. I am somewhat surprised that it did not occur to you or your Constituents, that a larger proportion of the quantity required to be paid for, or delivered in the Colony, than of the ores sold in England. Our object in naming 1/7th. of the former, is to bring that part of the arrangement into harmony with the other part. And as it might be very difficult to ascertain accurately the Assay of ores sold in the colony, or shipped for other countries than England, we have taken the average royalty of the ores when sold in England, say 1/12th., with which, you will find 1/7th. in the colony, say nearly corresponds. Requesting an early answer, aquiescing in the various terms and conditions in this letter, that the Agreement may be regularly extended by our solicitors, without loss of time; I am &c. (signed) David McLaren Manager [Below] Messrs. E. J. Wheeler & Co.

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BRG 42/5/76 [New document] [In top margin] Original [Heading] Copy correspondence with Messrs. Coode Browne & Co London 22 July 1847. Dear Sir, On behalf of the Directors of the Barossa Range Mining Company, we are instructed wo apply to you for a lease of the Mineral Lands belonging to the South Australian Company in Lynedoch Valley, that is, the Lands to the north and south of Mr Angas’ Lands in that neighbourhood, recently the subject of arrangement between us. You are aware that we are immediatley about to proceed to work Mr Angas’ Lands there, that we have an able and experienced Manager of Mines in the colony, and a number of miners engaged. Considerable advantages would therefore we suggest arise to your Company by the promptitude with which we should be paying royalty; and the capital of our company and the character of its’ shareholders, would ensure the most efficient course of operations. We would be willing to pay your Company 1/14th dues, the same rate which we pay Mr Angas; but understanding from you that such terms are not likely to be accepted by your Board, we have convened a Meeting with a view of considering of a modification of them, which we hope to submit in course of the ensuing week. We request the favor of your submitting this as a preliminary application; As some evidence of the views entertained in the colony as to what is a proper rate of dues, we may mention, that our Manager reports to us, his having taken a sett at Greenock Creek at 1/15th – the convenience of working the Lands of your Company and of Mr Angas at Lynedoch Valley together, and by the same company – will make us anxious to comply with any reasonable arrangement for the acquisition of the right to work your Company’s Lands in that locality. We are &c (signed) Coode Browne & Co – [Below] D. McLaren Esq [Post script] I shall also be glad to submit a proposal as to those sections of your Company’s Lands in the Mount Barker district, which your Company does not intend itself to work. (sgd) I. Browne

[Heading] D. McLaren to Coode Browne & Co London 23rd July 1847. Gentn, I have duly received your favor of the 22 Inst. which will [overleaf] be submitted to the Board of Directors at their first meeting, and will meet with due consideration. As that Meeting does not take place till this day week, it might greatly facilitate the object of your application, could you transmit to me, previously \to/ that day, any modification of the offer contained in yours’ of yesterday, which you may be authorised to make by the Meeting of your constituents, which you mention as to take place in the course of the ensuing week. I am &c (sgd) David McLaren Manager [Below] Messrs Coode Browne & Co –

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[Heading] Coode Browne & Co to D. McLaren London 27 July 1847. Dear Sir, With reference to the Minderal Lands of your Company, at Lynedoch Valley, we have reconsidered the terms of a lease which our Company would be willing to accept, and the following appear to us to be such as would be liberal on the part of the Lessee, and politic to be adopted by the Landowner. The Royalty to be 1/14th of the ores in kind on the Mine after they shall be made fit for sale, or at the option of the Landlord 1/14th of the produce of the sale of the ores in England or elsewhere, there being first dedicated from such produce, all expense of & incidental to the transit and sale. And an additional Royalty equal to 1/15th of all the profits of the Lessees from the Mines. Or 1/12th dues estimated in the same way as above mentioned as to the 1/14th. We should also be open to accept a lease of the Company’s Mineral Lands in the vicinity of Mount Barker on the same terms. In the event of your Company being disposed to accepting the first of our two propositions, we may suggest, that reservation of a share of a profit in the form of an additional Royalty will effectually preclude the notion of a partnership, and the mode of estimating the profits, would be a matter of detailed stipulation in the lease from the Company. We are &c (sgd) Coode, Browne & Co. [Post script] We should have no objection to pay, in addition, for the surface damage to any land destroyed, and a rent for the land, the surface of which may be occupied for Mining purposes. (sgd) C. B. & Co [Below at left] D. McLaren Esq

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BRG 42/5/77 [New document] [In top left margin] Original [Heading] Continuation of correspondence with E. J. Wheeler & Co. – [Subheading] E. J. Wheeler & Co. to D. McLaren. London 4 August 1847. Dear Sir, We have communicated to Messrs. J. R. Todd, C. Chippindale, & W. Richards your favor of 2 Inst, concerning the lease from the South Australian Co., of a Mineral scite near Kanmantoo, and are authorised to express their general assent to the conditions therein particularized, as they perceive the propriety of a different Royalty attaching to ores not sold in England. Our friends would have greatly preferred that a price was fixed for the option of purchasing the Freehold, but if your Company must still defer this, they hope a price will be named as early as possible. On consulting with Mr. J. Morphett upon the details of your letter, he suggests the propriety of some allusion to the supply of water. We are therefore instructed to State the expectation of our Constituents, that your Board will instruct its Adelaide Representative to give to the Lessees or their agents, every reasonable facility of obtaining an adequate supply of Water both for supplying the Labourers &c. and for the working purposes of the Mine, which the Company can possibly afford either from streams, wells, or tanks upon any of their lands in that district. We are also instructed to propose that the stipulation for the lease terminating by the workings being stopped for 6 months, should be extended slightly, so as to prevent such forfeiture if a longer stoppage is allowed by the written consent of your Manager. This is merely designed to afford time for getting Machinery from England should water or other efficient cause require it. As our constituents anticipate the Board’s ready concurrence in these two slight requests, we hope the negociation may now stand as virtually fixed. As the tenancy depends upon an examination yet to be made, and as no lands could be correctly described in any agreement now prepared, our friends think it, at present, a needless expence to require a solicitor’s services, and they submit that a simple memorandum of agreement (which could be arranged between yourself and us, and be executed in duplicate by [overleaf] some of your Directors and our constituents) would suffice until knowing that a Mine was actually leased and begun working – when a more formal lease could be extended. We shall be obliged by a favorable reply on each point of this letter as early as convenient, and beg further to request that whatever proceedings or instructions the Board think necessary, for ensuring the prompt completion of the arrangement, may be quickly executed, for Mr. Morphett returns to Adelaide in about 14 days p “China”, and our friends purpose giving him full instructions and powers for instantly commencing operations at Kanmamtoo. We are &c. (signed) Edmund J. Wheeler & Co.

[Subheading] D. McLaren to E. J. Wheeler & Co. London 9 August 1847 Dear Sirs, I had the pleasure to receive your favor of the 4 Inst accepting the terms offered in Mine of the 2 Inst of a lease of Mineral Lands in the Mount Barker District, South Australia. The suggestion as to our affording you every reasonable facility of obtaining an adequate supply of Water from any of our Lands in that district, will meet with due consideration on the part of the Board, as also your request to extend, under peculiar circumstances, the time

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[Subheading] E. J. Wheeler & Co. to David McLaren London [digit struck out] 10th. August 1847. Dear Sir, We are obliged by your favor of yesterday. Our constituents met to day to arrange various matters for early operations at Kanmantoo, and on reviewing your letter of 2d Inst. desire us to state that they presume the Mineral Land to be finally leased, may be taken in any part of the Co’s property at Mount Barker, without reference to its being upon 1, 2, or 3 of the subdivisions of that special survey – our friends suppose that the Directors only require that the 100 to 200 acres should be contiguous, and as nearly as possible in a parallelogram, but that such actual or proximate parallelogram may commence wherever the Lessees [overleaf] agent selects, and run in any direction he pleases, always provided that it does not interfere with the Company’s present operations workings at Kanmantoo. We trust the Board will concur in our friends’ views as above. We are also instructed to state \that/ Messrs. Todd, Chippindale & Richards would like to have the option of leasing a second portion of 100 to 200 acres of Mineral Land in the Mount Barker district, on precisely the same conditions as the first, provided such option be exercised within two months from the date of the first portion being positively selected. We are (sgd) Edmund J. Wheeler & Co.

[Subheading] D. McLaren to E. J. Wheeler & Co. London 20 August 1847. Dear Sirs, Your favor of the 10 Inst. was duly submitted to the Board, by whom I am instructed to state, that the Mineral Lands to be finally leased to your Constituents may be taken at any one of the places mentioned by Mr. Giles in his letter to me of the 20 March, and specified in my letter to you of the 16 July, or in any other part of the Co’s property in the special survey in the Mount Barker District, provided always your selection does not interfere with the Company’s own operations. The Directors require that the 100 to 200 acres should be contiguous and as nearly as possible in a parallelogram – the length of which shall nor be more than double the breadth – which is the form of the entire special survey. They do not contemplate restricting the Lessees’ agent from commencing the said parallelogram any where he pleases, within the above specified limits; extending it, in the specified form, in any direction he thinks proper. The Board is not prepared at present to accede to your application for a lease of a second of these Mineral Lands, on the same conditions as the first – their engagements with another party prevent this – at least, on the understanding, that your constituents should have the second choice. On this point a definitive answer must in the mean time be deferred. I have advised Mr. Giles of the progress of this negociation, and shall write him further p “Derwent” and “China”, so that he will be fully prepared to afford John Morphett Esq. as the Colonial representative of your constituents, every facility for proceeding to examine the lands, as soon after his arrival as he wishes. [overleaf] It remains only for me to say further, in reply to your application for every reasonable facility of obtaining a supply of water, as made in your favor of the 4 Inst., that the Board is quite

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BRG 42/5/78 [New document] [In top left margin] Duplicate [Heading] Continuation of correspondence with E. J. Wheeler & Co. – [Subheading] E. J. Wheeler & Co. to D. McLaren. London 4 August 1847. Dear Sir, We have communicated to Messrs. J. R. Todd, C. Chippindale, & W. Richards your favor of 2 Inst, concerning the lease from the South Australian Co., of a Mineral scite near Kanmantoo, and are authorised to express their general assent to the conditions therein particularized, as they perceive the propriety of a different Royalty attaching to ores not sold in England. Our friends would have greatly preferred that a price was fixed for the option of purchasing the Freehold, but if your Company must still defer this, they hope a price will be named as early as possible. On consulting with Mr. J. Morphett upon the details of your letter, he suggests the propriety of some allusion to the supply of water. We are therefore instructed to State the expectation of our Constituents, that your Board will instruct its Adelaide Representative to give to the Lessees or their agents, every reasonable facility of obtaining an adequate supply of Water both for supplying the Labourers &c. and for the working purposes of the Mine, which the Company can possibly afford either from streams, wells, or tanks upon any of their lands in that district. We are also instructed to propose that the stipulation for the lease terminating by the workings being stopped for 6 months, should be extended slightly, so as to prevent such forfeiture if a longer stoppage is allowed by the written consent of your Manager. This is merely designed to afford time for getting Machinery from England should water or other efficient cause require it. As our constituents anticipate the ready Board’s ready concurrence in these two slight requests, we hope the negociation may now stand as virtually fixed. As the tenancy depends upon an examination yet to be made, and as no lands could be correctly described in any agreement now prepared, our friends think it, at present, a needless expence to require a solicitor’s services, and they submit that a simple memorandum of agreement (which could be arranged between yourself and us, and be executed in duplicate by some of your Directors and our constituents–) would suffice until knowing that a Mine was actually leased and begun working, when a more formal lease could be extended. We shall be obliged by a favorable reply on each point of this letter as early as convenient, and beg further to request that whatever proceed- [overleaf] ings or instructions the Board think necessary for ensuring the prompt completion of the arrangement, may be quickly executed, for Mr. Morphett returns to Adelaide in about 14 days p “China”, and our friends purpose giving him full instructions and powers for instantly commencing operations at Kanmamtoo. We are &c. (signed) Edmund J. Wheeler & Co.

[Subheading] D. McLaren to E. J. Wheeler & Co. London 9 August 1847 Gentn, I had the pleasure to receive your favor of the 4 Inst, accepting the terms offered in Mine of the 2 Inst, of a lease of Mineral Lands in the Mount Barker District, South Australia. The suggestion as to our affording you every reasonable facility of obtaining an adequate supply of Water from any of our Lands in that district, will meet with due consideration on the

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______part of the Board, as also your request to extend, under peculiar circumstances, the time during which the working of the Mine may be suspended, without forfeiture of the lease. The Directors will instruct at their next Meeting, as to the mode of recording the agreement. I am &c. (sgd) David McLaren Manager

[Subheading] E. J. Wheeler & Co. to David McLaren London 10 August 1847. Dear Sir, We are obliged by your favor of yesterday. Our constituents met to-day to arrange various matters for early operations at Kanmantoo, and on reviewing your letter of 2d Inst., desire us to state that they presume the Mineral Land to be finally leased, may be taken in any part of the Co’s property at Mount Barker, without reference to its being upon 1. 2. or 3 of the subdivisions of that Special Survey – our friends suppose that the Directors only require that the 100 to 200 acres should be contiguous, & as nearly as possible in a parallelogram, but that such actual or proximate parallelogram may commence wherever the Lessee’s agent selects, and run in any direction he pleases, always provided that it does not interfere with the Company’s present workings at Kanmantoo. We trust the Board will concur in out friends’ views as above. We are also instructed to state \that/ Messrs. Todd, Chippindale, & Richards would like to have the option of leasing a second portion of 100 to 200 acres of Mineral Land in the Mount Barker District, on precisely the same conditions as the first, provided such option be exercised within two months from the date of the first portion being positively selected. We are &c (sgd) Edmund J. Wheeler & Co.

[overleaf] [Subheading] D. McLaren to E. J. Wheeler & Co. London 20 August 1847 Dear Sir, Your favor of the 10 Inst. was duly submitted to the Board, by whom I am instructed to state, that the Mineral Lands to be finally leased to your Constituents may be taken at any one of the places mentioned by Mr. Giles in his letter to me of the 20 March, and specified in my letter to you of the 16 July, or in any other part of the Co’s property in the special survey in the Mount Barker District, provided always your selection does not interfere with the Company’s own operations. The Directors require that the 100 to 200 acres should be contiguous and as nearly as possible in a parallelogram, the length of which shall nor be more than double the breadth – which is the form of the entire special Survey. They do not contemplate restricting the Lessees’ agent from commencing the said parallelogram any where he pleases, within the above specified limits; or extending it in the specified form in any direction he thinks proper. The Board is not prepared at present to accede to your application for a lease of a second of these Mineral lands on the same conditions as the first – their engagements with another party prevent this – at least, on the understanding, that your constituents should have the second choice. On this point a definitive answer must in the mean time be deferred. I have advised Mr. Giles of the progress of this negociation, and shall write him further p “Derwent” and “China”, so that he will be fully prepared to afford John Morphett Esq. as the Colonial Representative of your constituents, every facility for proceeding to examine the lands as soon after his arrival as he wishes. It remains only for me to say further, in reply to your application for every reasonable facility of obtaining a supply of water, as made in your favor of the 4 Inst., that the Board is quite disposed to accede to your request – subject of course in the first place, to the supplying of their own requirements of that article, and in the second place to the equitable adjustment of your requirements and those of other lessees.

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Being fully aware of the importance of this matter, the Directors contemplate adopting measures, which they have reason to believe will secure an ample supply of Water for all parties I am &c. (sgd) David McLaren Manager [Initials at bottom left] WmWJ

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BRG 42/5/79 [New document] [Bundle of four letters attached with a pin] [In top left margin] Original [Heading] Continuation of correspondence with Coode Browne & Co [Subheading] David McLaren to Coode Browne & Co London 4th. August 1847 Gent, I have to acknowledge receipt of your favor of 27 Ulto – proposing in connection with yours of the 22 Ulto, “on behalf of the Directors of the Barossa Range Mining Company, to lease a portion of the Company’s Mineral Lands in Lynedoch Valley, South Australia accompanied by an intimation, that you should also be glad to submit a proposal as to those sections of your (this) Company’s Lands in the Mount Barker district, which your (this) Company does not intend itself to work” – These letters were duly submitted to the Board of Directors on the 30 Ulto – and very maturely considered – the results of which, I am instructed to communicate to you. As the Board has been for a considerable time past, in terms with another party, for a sell of some of the Mineral Lands in the Mount Barker District, they decline, in the meantime encouraging any proposal on your part relative to these last mentioned Lands, but are quite disposed to negotiate with you, on behalf of the Barossa Range Mining Company, for a lease of a portion of the Lands in Lynedoch Valley. The Board propose the same terms as you, in regard to these Lands, as have been accepted by that other party, for a portion of the Lands in the Mount Barker District. I enclose a statement of these terms, and if any part requires explanation, I shall be very happy to afford it I am &c. (Signed) David McLaren Manager

4 New Broad Street London 4th. August 1847. Terms and Conditions on which the Directors of the South Australian Company, propose to lease to Messrs Coode, Browne & Co – as representing the Barossa Range Mining Association, a portion of their Mineral Lands on Lyndoch Valley South Australia. The [overleaf] The lease to comprehend one portion of Land, not less than 100 acres nor more than 200 acres, the whole whatever be the extent to be contiguous. The Lands to be shown by Mr. Giles, the Company’s Colonial Manager, to any person duly authorised by the Directors of the said association, to examine the same, and to select therefrom the Lands to be leased. On such selection having been made, intimation in writing shall be given forth with by that person to Mr Giles. The lease to commence from the day on which such intimation shall be given, and to be on the following terms and conditions: I. An Annual Rental of five shillings (5/-) per surface acre, payable in London half yearly II. Upon all ores sold in England, which shall be raised from all preliminary examinations, and from working the Mine after the same has been lease, the Lessees shall pay the Directors of this Company, a Royalty of; 1/14th. on each cargo shipment of Ore, where the average sale Assay is 20% or under. 1/12th. - do - - do - - do - if from 21 to 30% 1/10th. - do - - do - - do - if of 31% or upwards. (fractions up to ½ inclusive to reckon nothing, but if exceeding ½ to reckon as one) Such royalties to be calculated upon the gross sums actually paid by the buyers of the ores – the assays to be determined by the printed list if sold at Swansea: but if

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elsewhere in England than at Swansea, by such assays as may have been recognised by the buyers and sellers at the sale. The amount of such royalties to be paid the Company in cash, (without discount) within fourteen days after maturity of the Buyers’ Acceptances. III Upon all ores sold in the Colony, the Lessees shall pay to our Colonial Manager, one seventh (1/7th.) part of the gross sums, paid as the purchase price of these ores, and on all ores sent by the Lessees to any place, or places other than to England, they shall deliver to the said Manager at Port Adelaide – South Australia, one seventh part of the quantity, after the same shall have been dressed and made Merchantable. [overleaf] IV The Lessees shall have the option of sending the ores for sale to England or elsewhere, and of selling or disposing of them in the Colony, as they may think fit: due information being given by them to our Colonial Manager, of their intentions; and all reasonable and customary facilities being afforded him, in relation to the quantity of the ores raised, and to the disposal of the same. V The Lessees shall have the liberty of holding the Mine for 21 years from the day of selection, under the customary conditions for preserving to the Lessees, right of re-entry: but if the workings be at any time suspended for a space of six Calender months, (except by inevitable accidents which prevent active operations) the Lessees’ Tenancy shall thereupon cease – and in that case the surface rent of 5/- per acre, shall be paid by the Lessees for Three months (3 months) after their Tenancy has ceased, but shall not be longer chargeable. VI The terms and regulations above mentioned, shall apply to all kinds whatsoever of metal and metallic ores, which shall be found within, or upon, the Lands to be leased: a right of access, or way leave, to and from the said Lands, to be afforded to the Lessees by the Lessors. The preceding all the points which it seems necessary to particularise, In case of any unforeseen questions arising, they will be met on the part of the Board in a liberal spirit; and should any differences of opinion arise, these, if not adjusted by the principals, or their respective representatives, in the Colony, will be submitted to arbitration.

[Subeading] Coode Browne & Co to David McLaren 13 Bedford Row 9 August 1847 Dear Sir, On behalf of the Barossa Range Mining Company we have to accept the offer contained in your letter of the 4th. inst. & the memorandum of terms which accompanied it, It may we suggest be as well to name a period within which we are to make our preliminary trials & to have the option of requiring a Lease – We [overleaf] We have further to suggest that we should be allowed the use of the Water in your Lands at Victoria Creek or elsewhere in the neighbourhood for the purpose of dressing the ores & rendering them of higher produce. As to the use of that water we need scarcely mention to you that the interests of your Company& ourselves are identical – We are now directed to express the opinion of our Directors that the Royalty stipulated for by your letter is higher than is consistent with good policy having regard to the ultimate interest of the Landholders, but that they enter upon the experiment with the determination as far as practicable to make it answer, confident that if circumstances should enable them to present a genuine case for a reduction of the royalty, so as to admit of that degree of remuneration to the Miner which is necessary to secure the adequate enterprize & investment of capital for distant operations, you will be found ready to place the contract upon a modified basis – Our Company would still desire a second choice of a scite for operations in the Mount Barker District, understanding the first choice to have devolved on other parties, & we suggest that

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______in as much as terms offered in respect of this District are made applicable to Lyndoch Valley which is destitute of that evidence of continuity of Copper in the Lodes, which is proved at Mount Barker, even at the surface, your Company may be without impropriety adopt this as a ground for conceding us a scite in the Mount Barker District also. We are &c (Signed) Coode Browne & Co PS according to the accounts received by you & ourselves, the cases of the Lynedoch Valley & Mount Barker districts vary in this particular viz that the evidence of the existence of Copper Ore in quantities to pay for working rests in the case of Lynedoch Valley upon indications only, whereas at Mount Barker the existence of it in large quantities is proved at the surface and continuously – At Lynedoch Valley moreover the Lode has assumed no regular or defined form so far as explored at present (Signed) C B & Co

[overleaf on separate sheet attached in fold of bundle] [Subheading] David McLaren to Coode Browne & Co London 20th, August 1847 Gent, Your favor of the 9 Inst. accepting on behalf of the Barossa Range Mining Company, the offer made in mine of the 4th. Inst. of a right to examine and obtain on certain terms a lease of certain lands belonging to this Company, in Lynedoch Valley, in South Australia, was duly communicated to the Board of Directors, on the 13th. Inst. Your renewed application for a second Choice of a Scite for Mining operations in the Mount Barker District, was considered by the Board, who agreed to accede to your request subject to certain conditions, resulting from the Company carrying on Mining operations in these Lands their own account and from the rights of the party who have secured the first choice – on the other hand, there is a possibility that that party, irrespective of all considerations as to the richness of the lodes of Ore which may be discovered, may decline making any choice, and in that case, the Board will grant your constituents, the first choice of a scite for Mining Operations, in that District – say of One hundred or Two hundred contiguous acres, in the form of a parallelogram, or as nearly as may be in that form of which the length shall not be more than double the breadth. I am &c. (Signed) David McLaren Manager [Initials in bottom left margin] [?]

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BRG 42/5/80 [New document] [In top margin] Original [Heading] Extract from a letter from E Delius to D McLaren. Bremen 16 Nov/47. – I understand that Oelrichs will go in Stapenhorst’s ship, and two other families whose landing I would impede – namely “Schmidt”, of Cropelin , and “Odewahn” – being notorious impostors, and free passages granted to them by Oelrichs and Stapenhorst, in consideration of the mischief they did to my expedition. I have thought it my duty to caution our consul Stackeman and the authorities against the Emigrants p “President Smith”, no regard to testimonials having been paid. I had no occasion to make use of your kind offer to give Mr. Giles the opportunity of employing Labourers, as they went in the other ship, or rather wait for her, for she is not yet provisioned nor \indeed/ in any way ready for sea, and we have yet to see how she will be – While the “Pauline” is laying in the Roads, waiting for an easterly wind, to take her through the Channel, which wind will also probably close the navigation, being generally accompanied by frost. Your dispatches are in hand of Capt. Stelljes, as well as your introduction is handed to Mr. Beyer, who will become a valuable tenant: as well as a Mr. Groverman from Holstein, from having great agricultural knowledge, and being very respectable, I furnished him with a letter to Mr. Giles, as I did also Mr. Weidenbach, Director of the Royal Garden at Dresden in the Fredericktown, and a Mr. Edward Hager, agricultural author, and I recommend you to point Mr. Giles attention to these persons, they being very desirable colonists with means at their disposal.” –

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BRG 42/5/81 [New document] [In top margin] Duplicate [Heading] Copy Correspondence with Earl Grey. [Subheading] D McLaren to Earl Grey London 26th February 1848. My Lord, I take the liberty under the instructions of the Directors of this Company, to call your Lordships attention to your communication to the So. Austn. Society of the 24th. December last, and to state that the friends of So. Austia. having been given to understand that the new Governor Sir Henry E. F. Young is about to proceed shortly to the colony, presume to think that he might with great public advantage become the bearer of those instructions in favor of public institutions which your Lordship has promised to the colonists. I am also instructed to request your Lordship to receive a deputation of the friends of South Australia, in the event of your Lordship believing that any information or assistance can be rendered by them towards the consummation of this important object. I have &c. (sgd) David McLaren Manager

[Subheading] Earl Grey to D. McLaren Downing Street 7 March 1848. Sir, Earl Grey has directed me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th. of February last, suggesting to his Lordship on the point of the Directors of the So. Austn Company, that the opportunity of Sir Henry E. F. Young’s proceeding to South Austia. as Governor may be taken to issue instructions for the establishment of popular institutions in the colony It appears to Lord Grey that this course cannot now be taken, in as much as there are strong reasons in favor of considering the question of the future Government of So. Austia. in connexion with that of the other Australian Colonies, and the intervention of Parliament will be necessary in order to frame a comprehensive measure. But the present state of public business renders it impossible immediately to introduce any Bill on this subject into the House of Commons. Before any final arrangements are made his Lordship will be happy to receive from the Directors any communication which they may wish to make. But in the present interval of unavoidable delay, he thinks that an interview may be conveniently deferred. I have &c (sgd) Herman Merivale. [Initials in bottom left margin] WmWJ

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BRG 42/5/82 [New document] [In top margin] Original [Heading] Copy Letter from E. J. Wheeler & Co. to D. McLaren. Winchester House. 3 May 1848. Dear Sir, As the “Competitor” has again been the only ship which left Adelaide in Decr. and arrived in time for the first Wool sales, and her character for punctuality &c. is now established, we trust we may [word crossed out] \venture/ (on behalf of ourselves and Co. owners) to request for her, the continued support of the So. Austn. Co.: and as she leaves London 14 June, for the purpose of quitting Adelaide again about 10 or 15 Decr., we hope the Directors will instruct Mr. Giles to give the “Competitor” the preference of 200 to 250 bales Wool, at Current freight for similar A.1. vessels direct to London, and to endeavour to ship it early in November. Should the “Competitor” not bring copper ore from the Mine, our friends have leased from the Company, we shall instruct Mr. Morphett to give Mr. Giles the first refusal for ore from Kanmantoo. Should the Directors assent to our application, you will perhaps forward the instructions p “Harpley”, as we shall by that vessel \mail/, request Mr. Morphett to make corresponding arrangements with Mr. Giles. We are &c. (sgd) Edmund J Wheeler & Co. [Below] D. McLaren Esq.

[Heading] Copy letter from Marsh & Edinborough to D. McLaren London 5 May 1848 Dear Sir, Annexed we beg to hand valuation of 200 bales of Wool ex Competitor from Adelaide from the Estates of the S. A. Co. which at your request we have included in our catalogue of Wednesday next the 10 Inst – We have great pleasure in noticing a further improvement in the condition and getting up of nearly the whole of this portion of your clip – very few being this season deteriorated from burrs or grass seeds. The sales commenced yesterday, and we are sorry to say at a Reduction in price, which will account for the very low valuation now sent: we hope however for an improvement in these rates. Unfortunately we have not a single Foreign buyer in this occasion, and holders of German Wools have been forcing sales at a Reduction of 5d. p lb in 2/2d. We are &c. (sgd) Marsh & Edinborough [below] (over Page for valuation)

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[overleaf] S. A. C 4 bales 1st quality combing 1/- p lb 2 “ 2nd “ “ 11 “ 29 “ fine “ “ 1/1 “ 10 “ 1st “ clothing 1/1 “ 6 “ 2nd “ “ 11 “ 43 “ fine ––– “ 1/1 “ 24 “ coarse “ 11 “ 24 “ “ combing 11 “ 10 “ –––––––– Lamb 1/- “ 3 “ Leicester “ 9 “ 18 “ Do. fleece “ “ 1 “ Handwashed “ “ 4 “ Mixed qualities 11 “ 2 “ Pieces 9 “ 20 “ Locks 7 “ 200 “

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BRG 42/5/83 [New document] [In top margin] Duplicate [Heading] Copy letter from M. M. Williams to Mr. McLaren Swansea 16 June 1848. Dear Sir, I beg to hand you a ticketing paper of yesterdays sale of copper ore – the price still continues lowering every sale. The whole of the Kanmantoo ores have now arrived, and we are delivering part of them to Messrs. Schneider & Co. You will observe that we have sampled one half of the lot by the “John and Catherine” – the remainder being delivered to Messrs. Schneider I have not yet had an assay of any of the ore, but I do not expect it will be found to be so rich as the last lot, but I hope I may be deceived. I observe there are three or four different qualities, but all so mixed together that it was impossible to make any selection. I am &c. (Sgd) M. M. Williams [Below] D. McLaren Esq

[Centred heading] So. Aust ores on 15th June 1848. Burra Burra 67 tons 17% ₤10” 14/- per ton. Do. 65 “ 17⅞ “ 11” 4” 6 “ Do. 58 “ 17 ⅝ “ 11” 3” - “ Do. 50 “ 18½ “ 11” 8” - “ Do. 52 “ 28 “ 18” - “ 6 “ Do. 46 “ 28¾ “ 18” 4 ” - “ Kapunda 45 “ 22 “ 13”17” 6 “ Do. 24 “ 21⅝ “ 13”12” - “ Montacute 40 “ 22⅛ “ 13” 7” - “ Do. 36 “ 22⅛ “ 14” - “ - “ Do. 17 “ 19¼ “ 12” 6” - “

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BRG 42/5/84 [New document] [In top margin] Original [Heading] Copy letter from M. M. Williams to Mr. McLaren Swansea 24 June 1848. Dear Sir, I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your favors of the 19th and 22 Instant, the latter enclosing a letter addressed to Mr. Wm Giles which I will send by schooner “Sophia Margaret” leaving on the 28th. I can now furnish you with the result of the assays of the parcel of Kanmantoo ores for sale next week – viz: 16 ⅜ per cent p Cornish assay. 16 ⅜ - “ - “ - p Swansea - “ - This is about what I expected it would produce – it contained a great deal of earthy matter, and was not well dressed. As to keeping any of the lots separate, I should say it had never been attempted, & it had all the appearance as if a great deal of trouble had been taken to get it thoroughly mixed, and I found it was utterly impossible to think of getting any separate lots \out/ of it, and was very reluctantly obliged to crush it down altogether. I examined a few stones of the burnt ore, which I think would have given a much better produce, than what is now resulted from the bulk of the Cargo, but it would not make anything like the produce ex anticipated by Mr. Giles. I should very much like to be able to select a parcel of this ore out from the lot by the “Antilla”, so as to be able to ascertain the actual produce after the roasting operation, and I hope the ore will be found better separated. The quantities delivered Messrs. Schneider & Co. are as near as possible in quantity and quality as the lots retained for the sampling – as it was weighed off, we put every alternate barrow for each party, so that I believe there was not the slightest difference in the two lots. I will send you the account in a day or two of what has been delivered Messrs. Schneider & Co. We have samples to be assayed of the parcels delivered them, so the we shall be able to compare the produces with that of the lots sold publiclly. I am &c. (sgd) M. M. Williams. [Below] D. McLaren Esq

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BRG 42/5/85 [New document] [In top margin] Original [Circular rubber stamp imprint] *SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY* ADELAIDE* [Annotation in centre of imprint ] A 23/10/48 [Heading] Copy correspondence with So. Austn. Banking Co. [Subheading] Letter from E. J. Wheeler to Mr. McLaren. London 26 June 1848. Dear Sir, I am instructed by the Court of Directors to annex a minute (28 Inst) of their local Board at Adelaide, concerning the Colonial account of the South Australian Company, and to request the favor of your Directors either confirming the proposed maximum limit of Ten Thousand (10,000) pounds, or defining the credit to be given to their representative in South Australia. You will also please to state whether the credit so fixed is to be exceeded, and if so, under what circumstances. I am &c. (sgd) Edmund J. Wheeler. Manager [Below] D. McLaren Esq. [Centred heading below] Extract from local Board Minutes of 28th January 1848. “The account with the South Australian Company being considerably overdrawn, and the overdraft having for some time much increased, the same were examined and considered. It was resolved, subject to the approbation of the London Directors to fix the limit of the Co’s overdrawn a/c at ₤10,000 – such an amount of Advance being considered amply sufficient, and as much as the Bank’s capital as the local Board can prudently appropriate to them. Should this limit however tend to operate to the disadvantage of the Company in any important operation, special application to be made to the Board for an extension of the same.”

[Subheading] D. McLaren to E. J. Wheeler. 14th. July 1848. Dear Sir, I duly received your favor of the 26th Ulto., with an extract from the Minute of the local Board at Adelaide annexed – advising us that the Bank of South Australia had resolved subject to the approbation of the London Directors, to fix the limit of this Company’s overdrawn account in the colony at Ten Thousand Pounds; and in reply I am instructed to inform you that the Board of Directors do not wish that limit be exceeded. I shall advise Mr. Giles accordingly. I am &c (sgd) David McLaren Manager [Below] E. J. Wheeler Esq. [Initials in bottom left margin] WmWJ

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BRG 42/5/86 [New document] [In top margin] Original (Copy) [to] David McLaren Esqr – [from Edward Delius] Hamburg 18 August 1848 Dear Sir, I had the honor to receive your esteemed lines informing me that Mr. Kirchner was to call upon me. Unfortunately I was absent when he did so, and now learn that he has since placed his business here in the hands of Mr. Brodermann a Ship Broker together with Mr. Strauss, though both went to Bremen on purpose to see me. I received this information thro’ Mr. Leichhard, brother to the celebrated Dr. Leichhard of Australia. Mr Leichhard and the whole family of the great Discoverer an living in this place. Mr. Strauss has the disposal of considerable funds, to promote German Emigration to Sydney, as he informed Mr. Leichhart. I have been here ten days to dispatch the Alfred and of this my 11th Expedition, I wait upon you with the accompanying List of Passengers. I am much pleased with this Expedition as well with the class of the Emigrants as with the provisioning of Messr J C Godeffrey & Son, which is quite unexceptionable. The only fault I find is with the size of the Ships, which cannot be compared to the heavy burdens from the Weser. The Elbe does not admit of the same draught of Water, as Bremenhaven which is immediately upon the Sea and deep enough for 1000 Ton Ships. In regard to the Passengers, I beg to make the following remarks or rather to repeat those, which you will find at the bottom of the lists, viz that there are two highly respectable and also responsible parties, who wish to become Tenants of the Company I have furnished them with letters to Mr. Giles and hope that Gentleman will give them a kind reception, moreover I beg to point your special attention to them and request you to confirm my introduction in your next communications to Mr Giles, as they are most important Settlers, each possessed of ready means to purchase what will be necessary to make a beginning and I hope you will allow them to pay for the land in fruits [overleaf] of the field. One of them Mr. Weikert is one of the most charitable men I ever heard of, furnishing the means to about 100 poor individuals to accompany him whose names are placed at the beginning of the list, and who are bound to him for their labours. Mr. Weikert can therefore bring a good number of acres into cultivation and produce a large Crop out of which he will have to pay a small balance of arrears of passage and besides a good portion of the land. The other individual is from Saxony, Mr Deutscher and has also a very respectable party, who have paid their full passage, but are not so closely bound together as Mr Weikerts party. The Saxons are partly Millers and wish to find a place for a Mill seat, where they can have water power. Both parties are of great consequence as to future emigration Wherefore I beg to draw your kind attention to them, besides I feel much interest in them, having advised them to emigrate. They are most excellent people, To Mr Deutscher I have furnished also a letter to Mr Alfred Swaine. The third party I wish to recommend to you are the Westphalians headed by Mr. Butz who are also possessed of means and are also very important as to consequences, in fact I would recommend every person on board and may say I never had a more respectable expedition than the present one and am uneasy as I have no one to depend upon in Australia, Mr Stakemann not wishing any longer to take charge of the Emigrants, tho’ I procured him the appointment of a Consul. The next Ship will be one of Messrs Godeffreys smaller Ships called the “Steinwerder” called after their Smelting Works and constructed to carry ore. The party on board will be Mechanics of this place and the means of passage are partly raised by Subscription, wherefore I shall have no concern with it, being an expedition got up without my instrumentality. I also understand that the Government of Hanover is defraying the cost of an expedition of Miners from the Harz. My next expedition will be in October and for Melbourne with Mr Westgarth on board. I have reason to believe that the Prussian Government

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[Overleaf] is seriously thinking of purchasing land in Australia, to place upon it some of their Silesians and as I have been applied to, for information I would very much like to know upon whose name Land purchases can be made and whether your Company would consent to effect them, if applied to by said Government. Should Mr Swaine be with you, I request my regards to him and that I recommend the fate of the Alfred to his kind care in case of accident. I hope however the foolish war with will be compromised by allowing the people of Sleswig to choose their own Government; for we are all very tired of the present state of things. I see by the Papers that Doctor Swaine is appointed chief Physician of the German Hospital. I hope Mr Swaine will soon return to Hamburg as everything is quiet here, or going on in a quiet way. I am &c (Signed) Edward Delius

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BRG 42/5/87 [New document] [In top margin] Original [Heading] Copy of letter from E Delius to Mr. McLaren Bremen 5 September 1848. Dear Sir, A few days ago, I returned from a considerable tour into the interior of almost one month’s absence from home, dispatching the “Alfred”, lecturing on Australia, and organising parties desirous to be removed to the abodes of their friends and relatives. On my return, I found your esteemed favor of 25 Ulto., and am happy to observe that you have written to Mr. Giles to offer land and assistance to Weikert, Deutcher and Butz, each of them representing parties of desirable tenants; and above all, I am pleased that Mr. Beyer is likely to become a tenant of your Co – as he is a suitable person to give advice to the new comers, and to cause them to settle in his neighbourhood. For your next dispatches to Mr. Giles, I have, now some further materials, which I hope may be useful to your Company and the parties themselves whom it concerns. When at Dresden, I learned that the Government of Saxony had given instructions to a passenger per “Alfred” to report upon the prospect for a large purchase of mining and other Lands, to settle a Saxon colony, and I heard even of some millions of dollars that would be laid out on the part of the Government. In consequence I took an opportunity of waiting on Dr. Oberländer, now prime minister of state, and learned that Mr. Teichmann was actually commissioned, and consequently I beg to recommend that Gentleman to your Agent’s particular attention, not only as a reporter, but also as a person who wishes at the same time, to be employed as Manager of a Mine; a place for which I understand him to be highly qualified. I enclose a letter to him, which gives him the advice to apply to Mr. Giles, and the information that he is recommended to him. Another letter I enclose, is to Mr. Scupin, from Bernbaum in Posen, who is also commissioned to look for lands for about 150 persons, ready to follow him on his first favourable report. In regard to the Catholic priests, a similar mission may be the cause of their going to South Australia, as they are from Bavaria, a part of the country I have not yet been able to visit, but which furnishes more emigrants to America, than any other part of Germany. As far as I have seen them, the \said priests are very pleasant/ young gentlemen – not distinguished by any garment – are much disposed to converse and associate. I do not believe that more than ¼ of the passengers p “Alfred” are Catholics, though Wickert is, but not a rigid one and moreover an excellent Christian. I cannot depend on Mr. Stakeman, or any one of my german correspondents to do justice to the persons to whom I point out to the Colony. Some one should be prepared to give them advice on arrival, and to locate them on appropriate tracts of land with a clear understanding of the conditions on which they can acquire it, and allowing them to pay for it in instalments and in fruits of the field. They will have means to purchase stock, and to provide for a temporary dwelling, which would give you the security of [Overleaf] future payment. I believe the emigration will now be considerable enough, to make it worth your \Co’s/ while to appoint a special agent, for the reception and location of german emigrants, and looking to Mr. Alfred Swaine as a proper person, I would also respectfully point to his esteemed uncle, for an arrangement to transmit funds, without the inconvenience of procuring Bills of exchange in England and waiting for their transmission. A thin letter which I enclose to you, is to Mr Neumann who is to return, having obtained a free passage from Mr. Goddefrey besides 100 [?] from one to pay his expenses, to report personally on South Australia, to a large party waiting his return. The object of Mr. Neumann is to obtain an especial offer of land to be secured on his return by a part payment in Europe and further instalments in Australia – and Mr. Alfred Swaine will I trust be disposed for a few days to take a round to the various tracts belonging to yr. Company and to explain to him to him the terms on which it may be acquired.

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For the month of October, I have completed three expeditions of upward of 500 emigrants, which I have to dispatch from Hamburg. One or two of these expeditions will probably go to Adelaide, as Mr. Westgarth is not yet prepared to accompany them. I shall therefore be very much pleased that you inform me, what you \may/ have done for their reception in the Colony and their location on suitable land. The Revd. Pastor Posner from Sagan, will accompany the expedition, and also some of the brotherhood of Herrnhut, but the more exact particulars, I shall be able to furnish in my next letter. I am &c. (sgd) Edward Delius [Below] To D. McLaren Esq.

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BRG 42/5/88 [New document] [In top margin] Duplicate [Heading] Copy letter from R. V. Swaine to Mr. McLaren Hamburg 20 October 1848 Dear Sir, You will no doubt have been gratified by the progress made in german emigration to S. A. When this subject was first taken up by the Directors some 4 or 5 years ago, you will no doubt remember the opinion I then expressed – viz that a period would come when the tide of german emigration would set in towards S. A., and when it would support itself without any farther assistance from the Company. This period has approached. The emigration from the Elbe and Weser this year, including a vessel about to sail tomorrow and two more destined to proceed on the 1st. proxo., will reach to about 1600 souls, since this year came in, and there is \every/ prospect that it will recommence next spring still more vigourously and continue to progress as the year advances. From all I have been enabled to learn, the emigration this year consists of the same useful & respectable class of persons which characterised that of previous years. Of course that proportion of the emigration which has not been controlled by Delius may be a less valuable one than the other, and should it progress likewise, I am convinced that our Colonial Government will have to take the matter in hand, and prevent S. A. from being overrun with German vagabonds. The barque “Louise” which sails tomorrow, was laid on with by parties with whom I am not connected directly or indirectly and the only knowledge, I have been enabled to obtain of the emigrants she conveys out (about 100 persons) is from some of the passengers whose relations have applied to me for introductions. They are respectable people, and they give upon the whole a very favorable report of their fellow emigrants, but there is one man amongst them, one whom it would be very desirable to exercise some kind of surveillance in the colony, & the directors may think it probably worth while to take care that the police at Adelaide receive a hint to do so. His name is “Beyser”. It appears that he came hither from Mecklenburg under a false name – having called himself “Krüger” – and he labors under the suspicion of having committed many acts there, very much akin to swindling. It appears likewise that he proceeds to Adelaide without any funds whatever, which would be a matter of no consequence if he intended to support himself as a labourer, but I understand that he has no such intention. He has some scheme of connecting himself with any body he can pick up with money to take a farm or set up a public House, or something of the sort, and I am very much afraid (as I hear he is very plausible) that some one or other of his fellow emigrants will become a dupe. At all events, [overleaf] events I think it right to make you acquainted with what I have heard, so that Mr. Giles and the Bank Manager may be upon their guard should Mr. Beyser endeavour to insinuate himself into their good graces. Of course as far as I am concerned, I wish this communication to be considered confidential. The “Louise” takes out emigrants at a few pounds p head lower than the “Godeffroys”. So far the competition is very desirable, but it would be far more than counterbalanced by the indiscriminate acceptance of all people \persons/ who presented themselves, and by the risk which would be encountered of filling the colony with idle and scheming adventurers. I am, &c. (sgd) R. V. Swaine [Below] David McLaren Esq [Initials in bottom left margin] WmWJ

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BRG 42/5/89 [New document] [In top margin] Duplicate. [Vertical annotation in top left margin in pencil] Cotton Fry, & Free 8 November 1848 [Heading] Copy contract for sale of ore London 8th, November 1848 Sold for account of the South Australian Company to Mr Benjamin Smith, Copper works, Boro Common: about 50 tons Copper ore ex “City of Poonah” from Sydney } “ 120 “ “ “ “ “Mary Bannatyne” “ Hongkong } being the produce of the Co’s Mine at Kanmantoo and expected immediately: The ore to be received by Mr. Smith from the ships side as soon as ready for delivery at the rate of 20 cwt to the ton: the expense of weighing and delivering to be paid by the Co. and all charges of lighterage to be paid by him. The bags will be tared at the Co’s expenses, so that Mr. Smith shall only receive the ore nett. The ore to be crushed and sampled under the superintendance of the undersigned brokers, at the usual yard, and 5/- p ton will be allowed by the Co. for this operation. The produce of the ores after crushing will be ascertained by the selling brokers forwarding samples to two different assayers in Cornwall (previously named by them and approved by the Company) the average between the assays of the two, to be considered the actual produce, upon which the value of the ore will be calculated. The price will be determined by such values reckoning from the current price of Tough cake copper on the day of the final delivery of the ore, which shall be held to be the last day of the expiration of the fortnight allowed for crushing as after provided – less by 3% (the allowance for cash in the Copper trade) and ₤20 p ton of copper. To avoid any claim for moisture, the Invoice weight to Mr. Smith will be calculated from the weight of ore actually shipped in Australia, even should the weight over ships side in London be less than the weight of ore shipped in Australia, the Invoice weight to Mr. Smith will be calculated on the lesser weight – viz that over ships side in London: copies of the shipping weights in Australia to be immediately furnished to the undersigned brothers. Payable by purchasers acceptance at 2 mo/- date from the day of the final delivery of the ore from the crushing wharf, where one fortnight will be allowed for crushing from the completion of each parcel over the ship’s side, and should the crushing and sampling operations not be completed in that time, an acceptance say for one half of the probable amount of the parcel shall be given on account, and the remainder settled by acceptance as soon as possible. A duplicate sample, the same in all respects as that sent to the assayers will be given to the Company. (sgd) Cotton Fry & Freeman. Sworn Brokers. [Initials in bottom left margin] WmWJ

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BRG 42/5/90 [New document] [In top margin] (Copy) [Annotation in top margin In pencil] W H Schneider April 1849 [Heading] Original. Terms of arrangements between Mr Giles as representing the South Australian Company, and Mr Walters as representing Messrs. John Schneider & Co – communicated by Mr. W. H. Schneider to D. McLaren London 29 March 1849:- For smelting the So. Austn. Co’s low ores in the neighbourhood of Kanmantoo. Messrs. J. S. & Co. erect the furnaces and defray all the expenses of the operations. On ore averaging 15 p cent produce, they retain one half of the fine copper, in remuneration of their charges for smelting and rendering the copper merchantable. Mr. W. H. Schneider represented the advantage of this arrangement to us, as follows. He assures that ore nor exceeding 15 p cent produce, would not yield us anything if brought to this country, beyond paying cartage to the Port, shipping charges, Freight Insurance and charges. Whereas by this arrangement we would for 100 tons of ore of 15 p cent produce delivered at the Mine, receive 7½ tons fine copper, which he represented as worth ₤73 “- “- p ton in Adelaide – say 7½ + ₤73 = ₤547 “ 10/- or, in other words, about ₤5 “ 10/- p ton of ore. [Text continues in red ink] Mem. If full freight, say ₤4 “ - - p ton were to be paid on such ore, it would not yield us anything by being brought to England, but if taken as ballast at 10/- or 20/- p ton, it might yield us ₤4 “– or ₤5 “ – p ton net proceeds. According to the present price of copper (₤88 “ 10/-) it would be chargeable to Mr. B. Smith, on present terms, ₤10 “ 13/- p ton. If J. S. & Co. receive one half of the copper in such ore for their smelting operations, they are clearly overpaid. They They would thus receive, for smelting 100 tons of ore 15 p cent produce, 7½ tons copper, valued by them at ₤73 “- “- p ton in Adelaide, that is ₤547 “ 10/- that is equivalent to ₤36 “ 10/- [overleaf] ₤36 “ 10/- p ton of copper (say on 15 tons), while by our present arrangements with Mr. B. Smith, he is allowed only ₤15 p ton of copper, and Messrs. Lowe & Co’s. charge for smelting is considerably less. [End of text in red ink]

[Centred heading] 3 April 1849. [Heading] Comparison of arrangements made by Mr Giles, with Messrs. Thomas and Messrs. J Schneider & Co. for smelting our low ores at Kanmantoo. Arrangement with Messrs. Thomas as stated in Mr. Giles dispatch No. 164 – 30th September 1848. For smelting 100 tons of ore of 15 p cent produce, they are allowed a deduction of 8½ p cent, say ₤4 “ 4 “ 6 payable in copper at ₤70 “ p ton: that is, for 100 tons ore of 15 p cent produce, we receive what is considered equivalent to ₤422 “ 10/- being nearly Four Pounds five shillings p ton of ore. Arrangements with Messrs Schneider & Co. as p preceding details: For 100 tons ore of 15 p cent produce, we receive 7½ tons Fine copper, valued at ₤73 “- p ton, and equivalent to ₤547 “ 10/- being nearly Five Pounds Ten shillings p ton of ore. [Text continues in red ink] Mem. Any profit that we shall make by having our low ores smelted in the colony, say those even of 15 p cent produce, is merely the amount p ton, by which these rates (₤4 “ 5/- and ₤5 “ 10/-) exceed the cost of raising the ores to the Grass, and carting them to the smelting works

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By these arrangements the chief advantage by far of having the low ores smelted in the colony is secured by the smelters As the arrangement with Messrs. Schneider & Co., it is understood, is not to come into operation for 12 mo/- it is presumed that these terms are not fixed, but merely contemplated. [End of section in red ink] [Initials in bottom left margin] WmWJ

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BRG 42/5/91 [New document] [In top left margin] Original [Heading] Copy correspondence with Edward Delius. [Subheading] E Delius to Mr. McLaren Hamburg 1st. May 1849. Dear Sir, Your esteemed favor, 20th. Ulto I received here engaged in the expedition of Messrs. Goddefroy’s beautiful Ship “Australia,” Captn. Sleeboom, now ready to sail under the temporary name of the “Cronstadt” under Russian flag, with 269 passengers, according to the enclosed list, which pray forward to Mr. Giles Esq at Adelaide, by the way of a duplicate; to whom I have sent the original by said ship, together with your dispatches you entrusted to my care. I was very happy to learn from your favor that Mr. Giles had already advised his satisfaction of the arrangement with Mr. Alfred Swaine to whom I have addressed by special cards of introduction, each of the passengers as are likely to become tenants, or seek employment as shepherds and day labourers. I have also furnished Captn. Sleeboom with a letter of introduction to him, so that Mr. Swaine will most naturally be the adviser of the whole party and begin to draw that advantage from the german settlers to which your Company is so justly entitled and which is also for the benefit of the new colinists. I have detailed in my letter accompanying my list to Mr. Giles, the great difficulties under which I am labouring – opposed by competitors who offer terms at which no good profit can be procured – and that I have completed the present expedition in the face of two such expeditions sailing at the same time. – the ships “Oceanus” and “Maria Wilhelmine” with – passengers, also under Russian colours and temporary names to avoid the blockade now in full force. If it had not been for this opposition and their intrigues and machinations, Messrs. Godefroys ship would have carried 50 to 60 passengers more. It is really very discouraging that with such preparations for the comfort and convenience of the passengers, we should be paid with ingratitude and I be deprived of the fruits of my labour. Only through my travelling, lecturing and publishing the information on Australia has been diffused. I do not see any prospect of my occupation ever affording me a sustenance, except something is done to protect me. In order to have some assistance, I have requested Mr. Giles, to receive deposits from such of the german Colonists, as wish to pay, for the passages of their friends and relations, and to make known that this deposit bearing interest at the same time, will be placed at the credit of passages and be advised to you. I now cannot expect Messrs. Godfroys to credit passengers without guarantee and have exacted full payment on this side, yet with the firmest intention, and accident or other will happen to a few passengers in so large a number, and I have troubled Mr. Swaine with a few balances for which Messrs. Godefroy have made me individually responsible and place in jeopardy what little remains of my earnings. Though Captn. Sleeboom has instructions to retain the baggage as security, and will be relieved by their friends, a few labourers and young girls will want an anticipation of wages of ₤5 to ₤6, which [Overleaf] which I trust Mr. Swaine will arrange without difficulty, and shall be glad if you can encourage him to employ them. I beg to remark, that there is a vintager in the list, and several excellent shepherds from Mecklenburg – also Mr. Albrecht who has a plan to increase the growth of wood for burning. If I could only receive from the emigration fund an advance for females, who are so dreadfully disproportionate in each expedition, I could keep the field against the opposition, but you do not seem inclined to make any application which I regret, as you have just claims in more than one point of view. Hoping to be able to advise you that Messrs. Godefroy will dispatch again their ship “Victoria” or “Alfred”, now expected, I remain & – (sg) Edward Delius

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[Below] D. McLaren Esqr.

[Subheading] Mr. McLaren’s reply [to E. Delius] London, 8 May 1849. Dear Sir, I was duly favored with yours of the 1st. Inst. with list of passengers p the “Australia”, for which I return you my best thanks. I have no doubt Mr. Alfred Swaine will show the passengers all due attention on arrival. at same time you have in the case of the passengers p “Australia” acted in direct opposition to all my instructions to you, and the information \uniform tenor/ of my correspondence, in requesting “Mr. Giles to receive deposits from such of the german “colonists as wish to pay for the passages of their friends and relatives &c” – You have also you say “troubled Mr. Swaine with a few balances for which Messrs. Godefroy have made “me (you) responsible”. I have repeatedly told you, that Mr. Giles can undertake no business whatever for other parties – and that our Directors would be no parties to the collecting of colonial debts, the balance of passage money. Neither Mr. Giles nor Mr. Swaine have time for such work, nor can they engage in any business but that of the Company. As to advancing £5 or ₤6 to each girl in anticipation of wages to be subsequently earned, it is quite out of the question. They must transfer that business to Mr. Stakeman or to any respectable person in Adelaide who will undertake it. As to application to the Government here for favors grounded on our former services for the colony, you have formed a very mistaken notion. Nothing would be obtained (however much deserved) on that ground. It would therefore be worse than useless to apply. It is not want of friendship for you which prevents I am &c. (sgd) David McLaren. Manager. [Below] E.Delius Esq

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BRG 42/5/92 [New document] [In top left margin] Original [Heading] Correspondence relative to The “Grecian” – [Subheading] E. J. Wheeler & Co to D. McLaren. Winchester House. 2nd. May 1849. Dear Sir, As our Annual Packet “Competitor” has again arrived with her usual punctuality, and for the third successive year has brought Wool for your Company in time for the May sales, we feel justified in asking the Company’s patronage for the “Grecian,” (which takes her place and works on the same plan) and we trust the Directors will instruct their Adelaide Manager to give the “Grecian” a preference for 200 to 250 bales Wool at the same freight as any other A.1. ship sailing direct for London early in December, and if you will kindly do so, we will order her agent Mr. J Morphett, to offer Mr. Giles tonnage for that quantity of Wool, and also for any ore for which the “Grecian” may have vacancy. We are &c. (sgd). Edmund J Wheeler & Co. [Below] D. McLaren Esq.

[Centred heading] Mr. McLaren’s reply London 18 May 1849. Dear Sirs, In reply to your favor of the 2nd Inst, I have the pleasure of saying, that in compliance with your request, I shall instruct our Colonial Manager to give the “Grecian” a preference for 200 to 250 bales Wool at the same freight as other A.1. ships direct for London; it being at same time understood, that she will take at the current rate of freight to London, what of our ores she has room for, as the “Competitor” has been accustomed to do. I remain &c. (sgd) David McLaren. Manager [Below] Messrs. E. J. Wheeler & Co.

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BRG 42/5/93 [New document] [In top left margin] Duplicate [Heading] Copy letter from Mr. Walcott to Mr. McLaren Colonial Land and Emigration Office Park Street Westminster 3rd July 1849 Sir, I am directed by the Colonial Land and Emigration Commission to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2nd. Inst, enclosing one from Mr. Giles, in which that gentleman points out the advantages which may be expected from the presence in emigrant vessels of married officers. The Commissioners desire me to state that they are aware of the valuable assistance which is afforded to the unmarried females on their arrival at Adelaide by the wife of Mr. Giles, and that they are obliged by your communication. They also agree in his views as explained in his present communication, but in carrying them out, the Commissioners would experience much difficulty. Whenever efficient medical officers, who are married men, can be procured, they would have the preference, but the greatest difficulty is felt, in securing the services of efficient officers, and if marriage was a necessary qualification, the field would be so limited, that the ships could not be properly provided I am to add, that the Commissioners observe in Mr. Giles’ letter, with much satisfaction, his remarks about the applicability and employment of the female orphans. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant (sgd) S. Walcott. Secretary. [Below] To D. McLaren Esq

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BRG 42/5/94 [New document] [In top left margin] Original [Heading] Copy correspondence with the Commissioners. [Subheading] Mr. D McLaren to S. Walcott Esq 4 New Broad Street. London. 6 October 1849. Sir, By desire of the Board of the Directors of this Company, I annex for the information of H. M. Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, an extract from the dispatch just received from William Giles \Esq/ our Colonial Manager. The Directors have received this intelligence with regret; and their sole object in transmitting it, is, that the Commissioners may be made acquainted with it – while at the same time, the Directors hope that no more shipments of the same kind of emigrants will be made to South Australia, till at least a very different and well authenticated account be received of the conduct of these females in the colony I have &c. (sgd) David Manager [Below] To S. Walcott Esq

[Subheading] Mr. Walcott to D. McLaren Esq. Park Street Westminster 10th. October 1849 Sir, I am directed by the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th. Instant, enclosing a copy of a letter from Mr Giles relative to the Female orphans dispatched to South Australia. The Board desire me to thank you for the information, and to state that any accounts of the conduct of this class of emigrants will be received by them with interest and carefully considered. I am however to state that the official reports which the Commissioners have hitherto received are not discouraging, and that they would not at present feel justified in putting a stop to arrangements already entered into, and which have received the sanction of Government. I have &c. (sgd) S. Walcott Secretary. [Below] To David McLaren Esq. [Initials in bottom left margin] WmWJ

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BRG 42/5/95 [New document] [In top left margin] Original [Heading] Copy Report from Mr. John Taylor Jr. Queen Street Place, London, 26th December 1849. [to] D. McLaren Esq South Aust. Co. Dear Sir, Having in compliance with the request contained in your note to me of the 15th. Instant, carefully read over the documents which you sent relative to the Mineral Lands belonging to the Company in the Mount Barker District and examined also the details of Expenditure as they are given upon the pay lists \sheets/ which you receive; I now beg to hand you a short Report of my opinion upon the character and prospects of the Mine at Kanmantoo and of the district generally; and I venture to submit a recommendation as to the future working \conduct/ of the Mineral Property of the Company for consideration of the Board. The character of the Kanmantoo mine and of the District generally, appears to be not unlike that of others with which I am acquainted, in a similar geological position or in the rocks of the same nature; viz that it contains numerous veins or lodes and that these are filled with rich ores near the surface, varying however considerably in content as to quantity or quality. These lodes do not appear however to “hold down” in mining language they do not continue to be as rich or as productive when the reach the closer and harder beds which lie at 10 or 20 fathoms below the surface, and if this be the fact, it is only consistent with nature’s general rules. Neverthelesses they may prove to be very valuable, as the superficial extent of territory which you possess is immense and many shallow mines may and probably will be found upon it. The workings at Kanmantoo appear to have been commenced without any definite point plan for opening the mine extensively. The Kanmantoo shaft is described as a bad one, and the mine has suffered from this defect. It is however the deepest point in the mine, and one of most promise; and a vigorous should be made to effect a trial of the lode at a greater depth, which would go far to prove whether its character is or is not such as I have above stated. The quality of the ore appears to be barely rich enough to meet the rate of expenses which must exist in the colony where labour is still in such demand and a change from the rich carbonates and oxides of copper found near the surface, to the yellow and grey sulphurets which occur at greater depths, has not been attended by the largely increased quantities which might have been reckoned upon. [overleaf] Your agent Capt. Remfry appears to be proceeding with considerable caution and prudence as far as I am able to judge from his reports, but there is not ore ground enough at his command to enable him to work the mine profitably at present. With respect to the expenditure, it is extremely difficult to form any correct view at a distance, unless the whole position and circumstances are known. The rates of charges for wages and for work done are generally high, but not higher than in Mexico, in Spain, or in the United states. The accounts, or pay lists, before me show the cash payments clearly enough and being in detail enable the agents on the spot to check the various items of expenditure: but there is a want of classification such as we are accustomed to in our mines, and by which the expenses abstracted under the different \several/ heads of labour, Material &c. may be seen at one view, as well as any returns obtained from the Mines. Upon the whole I gather from the Reports, that the lodes have turned out less productive and profitable than you were led to expect, and that Kanmantoo still demands an outlay upon it. I do not see that any operation has yet to be carried out, or \any/ point has yet to be gained \reached/ which offers a certainty \of converting/ the Mine from losing to a gaining one at any stated period.

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The recommendation which occurs to me, and which I venture to submit, is that the Board should take into consideration the propriety of granting setts and Licences to search for minerals \to others/ rather than working them upon the Company’s own account. It strikes me that the Mount Barker district is particularly adapted for the introduction of a system of that kind, or rather, it would be \but/ the extension of the system of tribute bargains which is already introduced. The Company is provided with a staff of agents well fitted for granting and inspecting the claims which may be taken and for collecting the dues or royalties in kind in case such a mode of payment is decided upon. I may mention that as a rule landed properties succeed better in leasing their Minerals to be worked by others, than by working them upon their own account; and it is only in cases where large capitals are required that public companies can manage mining concerns [?] so well as private partnerships. In many parts of this country, grants for a year, – annual bargains as they are called – are made of minerals, and companies of working miners take such grants, paying a much higher Tribute or dues to the owner of the soil, than is usually paid by companies of capitalists. A form of grant or “Take note” is settled, which should contain the description of the boundaries or limits, the rate of Dues, the term and any [overleaf] special provisions which may be deemed necessary. This document may be a “Take note” for one or more years, or an agreement for a lease with right to search for a limited term. The adoption of this system would render the mineral property of the Company a source of certain income, and discoveries of great value may result from the trials which the system would stimulate others to make without any risk to the Company. The Company may possibly aid the small adventurer by loans of materials or even temporary advances of money, should it appear safe and in other respects advisable. The size of the grant should of course depend very much upon the quality of the Lessees – but I recommend that they should in no case be very extensive. A short code of regulations and forms of agreement for lease, or for Take-notes could be prepared and sent out to the agent of the Company in the colony, in case the Board should at any time wish to adopt this course of proceeding. I remain. Dear Sir, Yours faithfully (sgd) John Taylor Jr. [Initials at bottom left] WmWJ

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BRG 42/5/96 [New document] [In top margin] Duplicate [Oblique annotation in pencil in top right margin] 12 Feb 1850 J Phillips [Heading] Copy letter from Captn. Phillips, addressed to “the Committee or Board of Directors in London of the South Australian Company.” Gentlemen, I have found Gold dispersed in workable quantities over many parts of your property in the colony, and in different localities thereon: I was the first man to give Mr. Wm. Giles, occular proof thereof, having separated from three shovels full about 180 particles. I am the originator of Gold washings in the colony. This gentleman says your agents had been informed of my doings; but up to the time of this my experiment in his presence, they had not been able to detect any and shew him. I proposed to Mr. Giles three localities, desiring him to decide which he would let me at a Royalty of one fifteenth, as a reward for my exploratory labours – he has decided upon one. In the next place, I offered to conduct operations for the Company on the other two, and many more which I was willing to point out, for no other consideration than one fifth part of the profits after cost of extraction, beginning with some 8 or 10 hands at first, for his judgement, and increasing at his pleasure; but he thought the working for the Company should be conducted by their own agents. I don’t think this is liberal to the man who proves others’ want of skill in the detection, and who comes forth in terms, no profit, no pay, on any scale to conduct men’s labor in the development of wealth which may prove tremendous. Mr. Giles excuses himself in being only an agent hence I appeal to you, the principals, to give me your letter approving his grant at a royalty – and then if you like in your own names, to appoint me to conduct operations on any desirable scale for one fifth as before, giving me the benefit of my discoveries for your advantage. I inherit my fathers views and experience in the business being bred to the work of streaming for him. I refer you to Sir Charles Lemon and Lady Bassett of Cornwall who will have pleasure in vouching for my respectability. Captn. Nichs. Vivian of Camborne in Cornwall knew my father as a Tinstreamer, which gives me my qualification to serve you and which placed me in a position to find the metal as above as soon as I arrived in the colony. To do the needful for your interests and best advantage, the man should be au fait at the work. I may tell you there is work enough on your property for one two or three thousand hands, as each place may prove profitable. Such workings are very inexpensive and may be instituted efficiently on a small scale or large, according to one’s means or convenience. I pray you to [overleaf] consider my reasonable claim, whether by the tenor of my offer, or by priority of discovery. I should feel it severely to see others entering on my labours, which have been individual, heavy and hazardous. Most respectfully Sirs! Your Obt. Servant. (sgd ) John Phillips [below] Mineral Surveyor North Adelaide So Australia 11 September 1849 [Post script] Tin streaming is obsolete among the miners of Cornwall. In my father’s day there were but some half dozen families, who entirely lived by it on a large scale: the valleys being turned over and over.

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BRG 42/5/97 [New document] [In top margin] Duplicate [Heading] Copy letter from Mr. McLaren to Mr. E. J. Wheeler. London. 22nd. March 1850. Dear Sir, Agreeably to the instructions of the Board of Directors, I annex an extract from Mr. Giles’ letter of the 6th December, relative to the fire engine sent from this p Canton in 1838. As Mr. Stephens claims that Engine as the property of the Bank, although it was originally charged to the Colonial Manager, and has not been transferred to the Bank by any arrangements here, it will be satisfactory that you intimate to me in writing, in the course of tomorrow, that no such transfer has taken place here, so that unless some arrangement were made in Adelaide in virtue of which, the ownership of the Fire Engine was transferred from this Company to the Banking Company, it remains our property. I am &c. (sgd) David McLaren Manager E. J. Wheeler Esq So. Austn. Bkg Co. [Vertical annotation in left margin in pencil] 22 Mch 1850 D. McLaren

[Heading] Mr. E. J. Wheeler to Mr. McLaren. London 23rd. March 1850. Dear Sir, In reply to your letter of yesterday concerning the fire engine at this Company’s bank, I can only state that I do not find in our official papers any record of its transfer to this Company, unless it forms an ingredient in the items for Bank premises and fittings charged by your Board in the […] a/cs. I have no means of ascertaining here by what vessel it was dispatched, but if your Books clearly prove that the Engine has been always paid for by the Commercial department, and is not subject to the aforesaid contingency, then unless the Colonial Managers transferred the ownership, the Engine belongs to your Company. If such be the case, it had better be removed from the Bank. I am &c. (sgd) Edmund J. Wheeler. Manager [Below] D. McLaren Esq.

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BRG 42/5/98 [New document] [In top left margin] Original [In top centre margin] (Copy) 6 London Street 11 Septr 1850 [to] Mr W W Jeffrey Dear Sir, We have now obtained about 2000 Bags of Wheat ex “Duke of Wellington”, and regret to say as we proceed we find the damage is much more serious, than we had anticipated. The Ship appears to have been badly dunnaged, and too heavily laden, and I fear sufficient care has not been taken in the shipment of the Company’s Wheat – it was mostly stowed round the sides, and in the fore parts of the Ship, and which unfortunately were the very parts where the principal damage was sustained – I am sorry to say that I fear the damage will be considerable, and I also regret to say that this shipment has arrived in worse condition, than any I have received from Adelaide, but be assured of the best exertions and attention of. Yours Respectfully for Self & Partner (Signed) C J Heath. [Post script] I think it may be well to say that it will be quite impossible to keep the various marks separate, – this I presume is of no consequence –

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BRG 42/5/99 [New document] [In top margin] Original [Vertical annotation in top left margin in pencil] 8. 10. 50 [Heading] Copy letter from C. J. Heath and Burrows to Mr. Jeffrey. 6 London Street. 8 October 1850. Dear Sir, We have at length got all the wheat ex “Duke of Wellington” into saleable condition, and for the guidance of the Directors of the Company, we thought it might be more satisfactory if we furnished the following particulars, by which you will see that we have thought it advisable to divide it into 17 different parcels; say, No. 1. about 10⅛ grs. very fine wheat. “ 2. “ 10 “ do do. “ 3. “ 140 “ good sound wheat. “ 4. “ 200 “ good wheat, little injured. “ 5. “ 40 “ old do, light, do “ 6. “ 120 “ good wheat, damaged slightly. “ 7. “ 90 “ wheat more damaged. “ 8. “ 10 “ do do do “ 9. “ 65 “ do do do “ 10. “ 32 “ do still do do “ 11. “ 60 “ do do do. “ 12. “ 65 “ do do do “ 13. “ 45 “ do loose do “ 14. “ 10 “ do do do “ 15. “ 30 “ do very badly damaged. black. “ 16. “ 40 “ do do do do “ 17. “ 55 “ do almost worthless. “ 1022⅛. greartns. We are very sorry to say that we cannot entirely get rid of the burnt, and heated smell, which renders the sale a very difficult one; but be assured that no exertion on our part shall be needed to effect, under all circumstances, the best our market can possibly afford. And are, Dear sir, Yours very faithfully (sgd) C. J. Heath and Burrows. [Below] To W. W. Jeffrey Esq South Australian Company.

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BRG 42/5/100 [New document] [In top left margin] original [Vertical annotation in top left margin in pencil] 20. 3. 51 [Heading] Barossa Range Mg Co. [Subheading] copy Letters from Coode Browne & Co. to Mr. Miller. London, 20 March 1851. Dear Sir, Since the interview between the Directors of this Company and your Board, we have had two meetings of our shareholders, and the last meeting stands adjourned to the 29th. instant: in order to complete the negotiations as to the rate of dues. It is clear that upon the decision of your Board on this point, hang the future prospects of this company. The Directors have in their suggestions to the shareholders, expressed their opinion, founded upon all the evidence which has come to their knowledge and their experience since the formation of this company, that mining cannot be carried on in the colony at a greater rate than 1/14th. And they have put forward the following observations and suggestions as to the future course of operations – viz:– “That it would be highly impolitic to lay out any further capital upon the land of the South Austn. Co., unless their dues are reduced to 1/14th at most. “That the present management in the colony should be at once superseded and every expense stayed, until the Company is in a situation to work the setts or one of them effectively by the aid of steam power without which the Directors are satisfied no good van be accomplished”. “That it be referred to Captain Phillips to direct such drivages as he has recommended, at a limited expense, on the lode at \the/ Lyndoch Valley, as shall enable him to mature his judgement on the propriety of embarking capital in steam Power for the further prosecution of that sett”. “On the assumption that the South Austn. Co. shall reduce their dues at most to 1/14th. the Directors recommend an immediate call of £1 “ – per share for the purchase of a steam engine of the capacity recommended by Captn. Phillips, to be erected on the Bremer sett, and for the expense of prosecuting the lodes there at a competent depth – it being clear to the Directors that with the exception of the Burra Burra only, paying deposits of copper are are not to be found in South Australia at shallow levels, and that obstruction from water is as formidable an impediment in South Australia as elsewhere”. “In the event of Captn. Phillip’s proposed drivages satisfying him that the sett at Lyndoch Valley is worthy of the application of steam power and further capital, the Directors recommend a call of a further sum of ₤1 “ – per share for the prosecution of this sett”. “The only alternative, in the judgement of the Directors, to the making of a call in one or both the cases recommended, is to wind up the concern in conformity with the Deed of settlement – any other course of mining operations, being, as it appears to them, an absolute waste of money”. [overleaf] And the following resolution was passed by the Meeting viz:– That this meeting do adjourn for a fortnight at the same hour, and that the Directors in the meantime complete their negotiation with the South Austn. Co. if practicable – having authority from this Company to state that the shareholders concur in the views expressed by the Directors as to the state of dues”. You will see therefore, that in the event of your Board complying with the wishes of this Company as to the reduction of the dues, the course of operations will involve an outlay of ₤5500 at once – and a subsequent further outlay of the same amount upon the lands of your Company.

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We would suggest that the rate to be paid be 1/14th of the amount realised from the sale of all ores in the colony, payable there – and this applies to ores of a low p centage, not worth the carriage home – and 1/14th payable here on all sums received from the sale of ores in this country. The result of such a resolution by your Board will be in the highest degree favorable to the interests of both Companies. There will be the strongest inducement for our shareholders to embark their capital on your lands – collecting there a number of people of the most industrious class – and it will probably give an impetus to the exploration of your lands by other Companies – producing far greater advantages than the payment of dues only. We hope to hear a favorable report from you, to be submitted to our shareholders at their adjourned Meeting on the 29th. instant. We are &c (sgd) Coode Browne & Co. [Below] A. Miller Esq South Austn. Co.

[Subheading] Mr. Miller to Coode Browne & Co. London, 22nd. March 1851. Gentn., I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 20th. instant, which has been submitted to the Board. After a careful consideration of the subject, the Directors have come to the following resolution. “That the dues to be paid by the Barossa Range Mining Company shall be reduced to 1/14th of the gross amount of all ores raised from the property of the So. Austn Co. and sold or otherwise disposed of in the colony, payable there – and 1/14th., payable in London, if the gross amount of the sale of all ores in England; provided Messrs. Coode Browne & Co. satisfy this Board within 3 months that the proposed call of ₤5500 “ - has been raised, to be expended in the manner specified in their letter of the 20th. Inst.” In thus acceding to the wishes of the Proprietors of the Barossa Range Mining Co., the Directors manifestly show that it is not their wish to act illiberally, or in any way to cripple your efforts to effectually work the mining setts at the Bremer and Lyndoch Valley. at the same time, they feel satisfied that unless the proposed Capital be raised, the mines cannot be efficiently worked, and to reduce the dues without a proviso [overleaf] for the expenditure of Capital would be on their part unjustifiable. I trust therefore that the reduction now proposed will enable you at once to raise the necessary Capital for the efficient working of both setts. I am &c (sgd) Andrew Miller. Manager [Below] To Messrs. Coode Browne & Co.

[Subheading] Coode Browne & Co. to Mr Miller. London. 16 April 1851. Barossa Range Mining Co. Sir, We request that you will state to your Board, That in consequence of the losses which have been sustained by this Company, a resolution was passed at the last Meeting that the Company should be dissolved. We have, however, at the same time to state to you, that it is intended by a large proportion of the shareholders to form a new Company having an ample subscribed Capital for the purpose of effectually working your lands, and we hope very shortly to lay before you a statement of the intentions and means of the new Company.

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We hope this will meet the approval of your Board, but we refrain from entering into the subject, before the subject statement is fully before you, which we trust will be in a very short period. We are &c (sgd) Coode Browne & Co. [Below] A. Miller Esq So. Austn Co. [Initials at bottom left] WmWJ

[overleaf on separate sheet inserted between folded page] [In top margin] Duplicate. [Heading] Copy letter from Coode Browne & Co. to Mr Miller. London, 24 Jany 1851 Sir, On behalf of the Barossa Range Mining Co. we now address you on the subject of a modification of the rate of dues to be paid by them to your Company in respect of their Mineral grants at Lyndoch Valley and Mount Barker. Some months ago we had the honor of an interview with your Board, and it was then resolved that we should submit a proposal in writing. We have delayed the application until now, being satisfied that every arrival of intelligence from the colony would confirm the views we advanced at the interview above adverted to. Our clients have expended a capital of about £5500 upon the lands of your Company, without any return whatever, and it has now become apparent that without steam power in both setts, they cannot hope for a return of principle or profit from their investment. The necessary engines, their transit, and erection will involve an outlay of many thousands more; and this done, there must be a considerable lapse of time before it is proved that the outlay was justifiable and judicious. We submit that all recent experience shows there is no ground whatever for distinguishing the Mines of South Australia from the Mines of this country, as regards the rate of dues to be paid to the landowner: on the contrary the greater expense attending the erection and preservation of machinery in the colony, the expensiveness and difficulty of securing competent management, and the heavy burdens of carriage and freight make out a special case for liberality on the part of the landowner – and we feel perfectly assured that this course must be resorted to, in order to attract capital and skill to the development of the South Australian Mines. At the time of our clients original negociation with your Company it was assured that the ores from South Australian lodes were to be obtained almost at the surface, in large quantities and of great richness. This has proved to be a mistaken assumption and under these circumstances we trust that you will think that 1/15th. dues from the commencement would be ample. The public newspapers of the colony shew 1/15th. to be accredited rate there: indeed all the setts in the neighbourhood of Mount Barker, of land granted by private individuals are granted at that rate. We shall be glad if you will submit our proposal to your Board at as early a period as possible. & we are &c Yours &c (sgd) Coode Browne & Co. To the Secy } So Aust. Co. }

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BRG 42/5/101 [New document] [Heading] Copy of Letter received from H. G. Smith Esq. 4 St. Paul’s Ch. Yd. May 10th 1855 Dear Sir, I had the pleasure to receive your note of 26th. April together with four samples of wines from my cousin Mr Gilbert of Pewsey Vale W. Adelaide. I have taken particular pains to taste them carefully & to show them to different friends in the trade whose opinions I could rely upon, & now send you the result of their united judgement. Both the White wines are thought excellent, pure & well fermented & fine & delicate in flavour, the preference being given I think to the “Reisling” sample. Both however were thought to do the grower much credit The red wines did not meet with the same favour, though one or two who tried them expressed favourable opinions of them also. They are sound wines in point of body, but there is a peculiarity of character in them, & a mawkish flavour which prevented them from being generally acceptable, & reminded me of the Masden wine which was introduced here a few years ago. The “Scyras” wine was also objectionable in the point of colour resembling as it does, very tawney Port, & suggesting the idea of thinness & want of substance. All the wines, both white & red, were out of condition, & if intended for this market, would require a good deal of careful treatment before shipment. I have given you above, the fairest most candid [overleaf] opinion I could form of the sample, & with my best thanks for your courtesy in sending them. I remain Dear Sir, Yr faithful Servt. (signed) H G Smith. [Below] Andrew Miller Esq South Australian Compy. 4 New Broad St. [Vertical annotation in left margin in pencil] May 10 1855 [Vertical annotation in right margin in pencil] H G Smith 10 May 1855

BRG 42/5 South Australian Company letters transcript Page 194 of 194