TIlF. IIUNTEn AND )[,\NNING mnm5. 189 138 that is, olle person for cver)' 6~ square miles. The '\I'hole amount of the live stock, both in the counties and squat­ ting districts, i.:s ns follows, viz. : - Cll:\PTEll V. IIorSl.'ll 3t.,:lG7 UQt"IIl'd Cl\ltle 4~ll,2!l9 Pigs - 16.465 Sheep 2,210,&99 ,. llitissinll1' ~n'is; Ql1in'lue gft'E''5 illi b.1!nnt'l1n, 'Iu,na rroib?n~. There is mucll alhn-ial land, of the first quality for ArlU<'DI~. ~t lerr:l11l cell.UlU ,crl<'~l :lnllrli. .. cuhil'ation, on Hunter's Hi,'er, and its two principal tri­ \ lit(:• • EII, "11. 53'). butaries; ,md there is llluch v;\lunllle pasture land in all •. Fin' Ilf'nb.Ii~,' I>lr<ltilll! lloc\;~. his \>:lstures 6lrtl, His land. 11 I",udft'd ~ "lie of OX~n 1111"<1," DII1·D':~. the !el'en counti~, together with much abo of an inferior ch'll'actcr. TlI[ lcrritorr of New Soulh \rales ('XlClllls for n great The ag:ricultural capabilities of much of the available Jistance (ron; Sydney. as a centre 1'0illl, to the Ilorthwnnl, land in t;lis district generally arc of the first order, t1S it southward, and \\('slwanl: 1 propose, thcn'fort', 10 Jlrc­ not onl)' produces fair crops of all tile European gra.ins, sent tile r~ad('l' suc('cssi,'c!Y with a gCllcral description fruits, and roots, but is admirably adapted for the Culll\'a­ of each of these tllI"CC great tlil'isions of the colony. lioll of the vine, and of tobacco and cotton. The di~trict beginning with the Hunter auu i\lanning RivCI'S to the ,t! of Hunter's HiveI' is also the great coal-field of the nonhward. colony, alld the Irade in coal is alreadr .conside~bI~an~ 1I11111cr's Hi,"",. ris('s in tile great dh'iding range of the rapidly increasing. The Jll'incipal 1011'11 in the dl~trl~t IS co'on~" and "':lIeu a lnl'ge extent of "alnahle agricultural )Iaitland, situated nearly at the head of the navlgal.lOn, and pastoral country ill its course to the Pacific. In with a I>oplllation of 4230: the tOWn and port of. :Se~'­ reeci\'e~ Ihe upper part of its eOllr»c, it many tributary castle, at which the l'h'el' diselllboglles into the P3cdie, 1Il streams, each of which I.a$ its separate I"lllc}', with its Inlitllde 32" 55' hal'ing a population of I:HO. There are agricultural and pastoral rlOpulalioll; and lower dowll. other smaller towns in the district, which will be men· whcre it is nal·igable br steamboats, it is joined by tll'O tioned ill the se{lue\. olher na"igable l'il'cn from tllc nOl'tbll'anl, the Patlcrsoll The following is a Heturn of th~ agric..ultural prod~ce. aud thc Willialll. The countics of NOl'thulllbcrland Ilithill the Police district of i\laltland , for Ihe ~enr Hunter, Phillijl, and Bligh arc "ituated on Ille south side' • cuding 31st March, 185'2:- or right bank of the rh'er; and those of Glouctster: , .• ,. '91 or tbne 7,122 1I(,~ Tot:>1 neTtS ul,.Jer cu '1\':>11011, '• d " Durham, and Bl'bhallC 011 thc north, or Idt bank. Tllc . od' 110051 bush~l. lIn b were under WhClIl, f",' gra'lI, 1'1' uc>Ug , d '. loJr are~ of these ,;even counties is 1.5,590 s{luare mil(>s; and . III tons' 4997 acres un er IUa,~e, 1I(,~ for h:l~~!~u:~;gbusbcIS. ~lId' 27 for gTftR food for "'1ul.. ; their pOllu!ation, on tI,e 1st of ?llarch 1851 \las SO ",_0 \,. ', ,;:>0. gr:llO, IIt"OdU"',o """"')' for , ..alu, proolleing 16,929 bUiilll"ls, 69~ ~ It I. ~11~e C~lIlltic,,> IIOII'cI'er, arc connected tlu:; s(luat. 799 ,IN">:I nn er '" ~, hug dl~tnClS lllllllcUiately herond tl,em of Bli,dl Lil'cr- , 1'1' N. 'c ,. d;~tr;"'l> poo alllS, I;W I'.nglull11, and Gw)'dir, comprising <In • l\hilland, ;1 ,,,,,Sl W obs\>....·cd, ;s 0111) III1C of Ill... polic... al~a of 5~,0913 Seplarc miles, with a populatiun of 8,610, , "ilhill lhc ~c'Cll couulic' e'\"llIlC""IC,1 ,,\.love. 190 IIlRTom' 0[' NEW ,~OIl1'n \\',Il.l-:S. Till> IlUS'TLR MO) M.\:O;:-J .... G nrn:ns. 19/ for ~n food fllr colllr, mul iI f<)r lIoy, prod"cing 1119 tons; l~ -~:lIldl,ills m'tl ~\\amr~-II,c principal prolluction of the ocr." "nder ,).>1$, for grain, prod"ciu!; :!~O hushl'!~, 90 for t::'reeu loclllily I'eing obtaille,1 I"r{Jlll Illltlrrgrollntl. There is (l. food. a,,,1 a67!- (or h:l)'. pr.-..:I"ring Gl(l lOll!: ::!~~ "cr('>l "ndn r~r. 1'.'lIHlrbhl... i<laud, ~omc\\ltrlt lil.:e lhe Cr<Jig of Ailsa on a rroducing 41:1 btlshrls; 8j acres lludn minel, l'1"Q<I"e,ng IOi "",:oIlt'r ~enl ..., calk,1 No],vy'~ I.l,,"d, at tire rlllmncc of bnshds; :!:!:! acr\'~ ",,,l,'r 10(113100'5, l,rod"e;llg 698 lOll" ; 30~ aerrs th~ 1)('1\"'('11 nnder loh3CCO, I'rotlne;ng :1'3 C,,"I,; "nd 9S~ :In...• undn so"'" p.orl, II,at i<laud an(\ tile main lan.l, there gt':IS-«.'$,l'rod"rinl: 3,:!OI Ions h:lr. Th..... UlUrnS ~ho... 311 '''"rag.. Il'a~ lonllclly a lla"~3W' I'Hr ~mall ve$>f'!o; IJut a mole or l'Tooace, ]ll'r lie..... of !~~ b",h.. ls ,,'11";11, :!9 bushcl< llloitc-, :!I I,re:lklltlh:r !.as Il{'(n C'Jn<lructctl I,,' convict labour huslorls !>;lr!.',·, 19 husbds 0,11$, 19~ bu<ht'1~ r~", I:!! bushds millel, \;Ctl\("11 till' i-Jantl :lllll lh... main. to'l,rc:lk lhe force 0;' 9~ h:l~' :} 10DS 3 C...I.·polalDl'll. c... t, lOJb.','Cll. and at lOOS IQ Ih" :len' tht, !urf::r,<l)f till' 1'3cilic in ,null,f r1y g:llcs, alld 10 eOllfine orso...nl!~-M"'II".,I.lh" ..r".1\Ia} S, IllS::!. Ihe ('llrr,'llt of the rin, 10 tllf' 1'1"illcil':l1 chanllel. In TI'l! I'rillcip.,1 ('sporl< from the tlistriCI of Ilulltl.'r';; 'Juarryin!;; II"nn Ihe "lUllIl,it or Xubl,{;; I-laud, 10 obtain Rh'er :Ire wool, tallolt', lllltl COJI; lHll, ind"]I.'ntl"IlII,r of matcn:ll l'lr tI'e brf'aklt":llf'r, a",1 al_o to forl1l iI If 'cl thC:!!e great stapl" artiel"" of culonial product'. there L. all pl.tleau, fHr I.lrf' t'rN,ti'jIl or a lit;IIIIJOu<c 011 the higl,cst el>lcn.h·e coa<ling-llT\.h:: to and frOI11 tilt' (\i-Irict, a" L1lc I'art "~I ll'e 1,lan,I, Ihe workmen wcre jli~!!ing, ,,11('n l following ab"tnlcl of tile c~poru for a ",ingle ,\('(:k will >i<ltul 1111' 'pUI, throll!!], a -eam or cool or tl>'O or three ~bo\\". 1',.('1 Ihid., II hidl :lpp'ared from Ihc deek of the ~t('am­ Abstract. COlllllilcd frolll Ihe "Shipping Gazette." of b<lat lil.e a black rihbon along the face of tlte rock, at a the ]lrincip.:lI IlrotJuC'e «('"elusive of wvol :"Iwl lallow), gn'uI dl'tali<1II aIK,o\'(' t],e "ca. recei"ed coaslwi....', in S~(\Il(J. frolil lIulller's Ili'cr. TIlI're can be nu dO\IIJI that ::\e\\' Solltl, \\-,,11.' will, during the weel.: en(\ingJalluary 16. IS5~;- "\lIlel' (II' Lth-r, Ix,<:OlUC a !!real manufaeturillg counlr)'; ,IlI1 it i~ \"1",111.\ t·>i,It-llt II,at ::\e\lea~llc will b,'come thp Grain _ bush. '00 ~obX'OO_k..gs I'lilll'il"tl ~t"lt of il_ lllanulacluling illdu"Jrl', It has the Wbnl-bu.b. - ~:?7S (· ..~I>t'Ii_<.':I..... 1\,"lulll a,I'alllaz,· fur lhi .. purfl'O~e of an' ine:'illau"tible :' ba£1 , Ilol")t.'S "• bu~h. ~:! -ttpl'h' "f co,L!, anJ a 1'31 uour fil 1'01' ~hipJling of allY <ize; lllnu: - ·3UU {'al.',"" , " b.:Jg. 2;8 I'igl \\ 11111' tIll' "llrruullllillg: ('oulllr)', in atldition 10 Ihe col. Barley_ bu~", iG3 l.a",hs •• bel!:. "I· lil'ri,-~ ;tllll till' COPI>!'r ~",dli"g hlabli<ltlnent already lI,tI<"$' •• :?S8 Flour -tons 8hN!llSkillfi_l,ale~ _ lm·nli"llt"!. e,HI Mlllpl} I" any conc('i>aVle "':'itt'nllhe IT\U' )bize 111eal_ bags " "6 llrall -bagl ' .." "until"'" 10 llIalt'ri.. 1 f".' ,Ill lhc m(l.lIul:tClurt's of Europ('. ,i~. "001, ('andlt.'S_oo:,,1.'S Ha)' -Ionl ", CI,,·(:&<,< • .:,\IIUII, flitx, h"llIp, :tlhl ~ill.., Tllf're \I as an il'''''' rounder)' PotatOl'$ -Ions :J:W'" IS! CD'es _ ,tllll a ':tlt l\t}rl. f"r sOllle lillle in Ihi. ,i('inily, lJUl vullt ., b:I,,! ~2i' , Ollimli_~1:1 _ .. l~klg<:s , "I' 111\'111 lIaHl r,.~1I ,1i~COllli"u('.1 rot' ~el'("ral years pa,,!. Co~I"-10JlS _ M~urd ked_ busb. ", tt'4 I'Ju'rll \\,,~ :.1'0 a dot I, Ill:\"ltf:1t;It.)r~· of eOtlsid"rnvl" ,'\Ielll '11 ~"l'l: ..~~l;.r operallull for se>'f'ral yC<Jrs at :;[OCl.:lOll, all TI.e 1011'11 of Ne\'c 11 ' " 1 . "l'flo~i,,' 10 I tl ,I. as I.' IS IlllC ). ~Ituated for ... 81'ippill" illcil)illll I'illag:t' "" rI,e sllo"c; vul Ille vuildillt:S 1 r, le ground rNIl<' "I'fit! '11, " from the l'a1'lJ ..' "" U'l) to n IIlodcratc elevation !La"ill;; 1..:('11 ""forlllllatdr cOllsu",ed by tir.., sh,"'l])' b,"ton' 'd "'1 .