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APPENDIX V. DISTRIBUTION of Stores for the use of the Aborigines by the Central Board from the 1st August 1868 to 31st July 1869.

Miscellaneous. Name of Station.

700 ft. lumber, 9 bushels lime, 2 quarts ipec. wine, 1/2-lb. tr. opium, 2 lbs. senna, 1 quart spirits turpentine, 1 lb. camphor, 2 lbs. soft soap, 8 lbs. rhubarb. 8 ozs. jalap, 1 oz. quinine, 1 pint ammonia, 12 doz. copy-books, 96 lesson books, 24 penholders, 3 boxes nibs, 1 quart ink, 12 dictionaries, 24 slates, 1 ream foolscap, 24 arithmetic books, 3 planes, 4 augers, 1 rule, 12 chisels, 3 gouges, 3 mortising chisels, 1 saw, 1 brace and bits, 2 pruning knives, 50 lbs. sago, 1000 lbs. salt, 10 lbs. hops, 36 boys' twill shirts, 150 yds. calico, 200 yds. prints, 60 yds. twill, 100 yds. osnaberg, 150 yds. holland, 100 yds, flannel, 150 yds. plaid, 100 yds. winsey, 36 doz. hooks and eyes, 2 doz. pieces tape, 2 pkgs. piping cord, 4 lbs. thread, 48 reels cotton, 200 needles, 4 lbs. candlewick, 24 tooth combs, 24 combs, 6 looking-glasses, 6 candlesticks, 6 buckets, 36 pannikins, 6 chambers, 2 pairs scissors, 24 spoons, 1 soup ladle, 36 knives and forks, 2 teapots, 2 slop pails, 6 scrubbing brushes, 2 whitewash brushes, 12 bath bricks, 2 enamelled dishes, 12 milk pans, 12 wash-hand basins, 6 washing tubs, 12 crosscut-saw files, 12 hand-saw files, 2 crosscut saws, 12 spades, 12 hoes, 12 rakes, 12 bullock bows and keys, 100 lbs. nails, 1 plough, 1 set harrows, 1 saddle and bridle, 2 sets plough harness, 6 rings for bullock yokes, 1 harness cask.

3 tons 7 cwt. potatoes, 14 lbs. arrowroot, 14 lbs. tapioca, 2 1/4 bags salt, 56 lbs. soda, 6 pots Holloway's ointment, 6 boxes Holloway's pills, 48 windows, 400 ft. lumber, 24 boys' twill shirts, 200 yds. calico, 100 3 ds. linen, 300 yds. print, 20 yds. moleskin, 50 yds. flannel, 12 doz. buttons, 100 needles, 12 thimbles, 1 lb. tape, 36 tooth combs, 12 combs, 1 boiler, 1 saucepan, 12 reaping hooks, 4 hay-forks, 3 mortising axes, 1 steelyard, 30 lbs. nails, 50 lbs. gunpowder, 50 lbs. shot, 5 boxes caps, 25 lbs. candles, 5 lbs. hops.

5 lbs. salt, 56 lbs. nails, 1 axe, 8 spades, 1 shovel, 1 shingle hammer, 1 crosscut saw, 66 lbs. nails, 6 files, 1 cask, 4 buckets, 12 pannikins, 1 grindstone, 1 saw-set, 4 pickaxes, 500 palings, 3 doors, 2 sashes, 200 ft. battens, 3 locks, 3 pairs hinges, 1 oven, 8 bushels wheat, 1 plough, 1 set harrows, 6 hoes, 1 chest carpenters' tools, 2 account books, 28 lbs. shot, 6 lbs. powder, 6 boxes caps, 3 washing tubs, 2 boilers.

30 serge shirts for boys, 100 yds. print, 80 yds. calico, 40 yds. winsey, 6 lbs. thread, 40 yds. towelling, 72 fishing lines, 72 pocket knives, 72 combs, 72 pannikins, 36 camp kettles, 24 lbs. netting twine, 1 quart ipec. wine, 6 bottles chlorodyne.

36 dressing combs, 24 tomahawks, 24 kettles, 48 pannikins, 6 spades, 36 towels, 100 yds. calico, 100 yds. woollen plaid, 30 yds. moleskin, 200 needles, 3 lbs. thread.

20 boys' serge shirts, 15 boys' twill shirts, 150 yds. plaid, 200 yds. print, 50 yds flannel, 50 yds. calico, 45 camp kettles, 36 quart pots, 50 pint pots, 48 tomahawks, 24 axes, 1 pit saw and handle, 12 flies, 1 crosscut saw.

12 tomahawks, 3 pots Holloway's ointment, 3 boxes Holloway's pills, 60 yds. calico, 12 yds. winsey.

12 pannikins, 6 billies.

1 lb. thread, 100 needles, 6 tomahawks, 12 billies.

24 tomahawks, 36 pannikins, 18 billies, 36 pocket knives. 1 girl's dress. 6 girls' dresses, 6 tomahawks, 2 boxes Holloway's pills, 2 pots Holloway's ointment. 9 children's dresses, 9 children's petticoats, 24 billies, 24 pannikins. 100 pipes. 6 boys' twill shirts, 12 tomahawks. 6 tomahawks. 10 children's dresses.

28 lbs. salt.

Coranderrk

Lake Condah

Framlingham and Wangoon

Lake Tyers (Mission Station)

Lake Wellington (Mission Station)..

Lake Hindmarsh . .

Tangambalanga . . Tarndwarncoort, Birregurra Longerenong Swan Hill Geelong Terrick-terrick East Charlton Mount Talbot Pretty Tower, Stockyard Hill,Carngham Walmer Nareeb-nareeb Hamilton Kulkyne .. Carr's Plains Boort Wyuna Reidsdale .. Ulupna . . Killingworth Benyeo . . Towaninnie Mordialloc Mount Hope Wirmbirchip Mildura Gunbower

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DISTRIBUTION of Stores for the use of the Aborigines by the Central Board from the 1st August 1869 to 31st December 1870.

6 hair brooms, 24 lbs. salt, 4 lbs. senna, 23 pints castor oil, 12 boxes Holloway's pills, 12 pots Holloway's ointment, 1 oz quinine, I lb. sulphuric acid, 8 ozs. oil crotonis, 4 ozs. pot. iodidi, 4 lbs. gentian root, 1000 lbs. salt, 50 lbs. sago, 7 lbs. mustard, 100 yds. calico, 200 yds. print, 10 yds. canvas, 100 yds. winsey, 50 yds. holland, 100 yds. flannel, 150 yds. plaid, 4 lbs. thread, 48 reels cotton, 200 needles, 40 doz. hooks and eyes, 24 tooth combs, 24 rack combs, 24 axes, 6 picks, 24 spades, 2 rakes, 24 bullock bows, 24 start keys, 200 lbs. nails, 36 knives and forks, 2 teapots, 6 scrubbing brushes, 6 bath bricks, 4 lbs. candlewick, 12 wedges, 2 hand saws, 12 crosscut-saw files, 4 bullock chains, 12 tin buckets, 36 pannikins, 3 augers, 12 reaping hooks, 48 tin plates, 12 sickles, 12 iron stretchers, 12 pairs hinges, 1 6-gallon boiler, 500 ft. lumber, 6 lbs. glue, 15 bushels lime, 12 window sashes, 2 gross pens, 12 reading books on sheets, 6 English History, 1 portable globe, 6 books Natural Philosophy, 6 Mechanics, 1 box prepared chalk, 8 doz. slate pencils, 3 doz. blacklead pencils, 6 pieces Green's eraser, 1 gross drawing copies, 1 quart black ink, 1 pint red ink, 1 pint blue ink, 3/4 -gross Darnell's copies, school tune books, 24 New Zealand Hymnal, 1 ruler (24-in.), 1 school atlas, 2 maps of the world, 1 map each Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Australia.

1 plough, 1 harrow, 500 lbs. nails, 12 doors, 12 pairs windows, 9 tin basins, 6 tea-spoons, 6 table-spoons, 30 iron spoons, 12 billies, 48 tin plates, 6 milk dishes, 48 knives and forks. 60 pannikins.

100 yds. print, 80 yds. calico, 40 yds. winsey, 6 lbs. thread, 40 yds towelling, 72 fishing lines, 72 pocket knives, 72 combs, 72 pannikins, 1 quart ipec. wine, 6 buttles chlorodyne, 36 camp kettles, 24 lbs. netting twine.

150 yds. plaid, 200 yds. print, 50 yds. flannel, 50 yds. calico, 48 tomahawks, 45 camp kettles, 36 quart pots, 50 pint pots, 12 axes, 1 crosscut saw.

36 dressing combs, 24 tomahawks, 24 kettles, 48 pannikins, 100 yds. calico, 30 yds. moleskin, 200 needles, 3 lbs. thread, 80 yds. print, 80 yds. flannel, 30 yds. twill, 4 axes, 2 hand saws, 6 tin buckets, 80 yds. winsey, 30 yds. holland, 1 30-gallon boiler, 36 pocket knives.

12 tomahawks, 3 pots Holloway's ointment, 3 boxes Holloway's pills, 6 yds. calico 12 yds. winsey.

12 pannikins, 6 billies.

6 tomahawks, 12 billies, 1 lb. thread, 100 needles. 1 gross pipes.

24 tomahawks, 24 pannikins, 12 billies, 36 pocket knives, 18 frying-pans, 24 mufflers.

6 tomahawks, 2 boxes Holloway's pills, 2 pots Holloway's ointment. 24 billies, 24 pannikins. 8 tomahawks, 6 axes. 12 tomahawks. 6 tomahawks.

300 lbs. salt, 200 yds. calico, 100 yds. linen, 300 yds. print, 20 yds. moleskin, 50 yds. flannel, 12 doz. buttons, 100 needles, 12 thimbles, 1 lb. tape, 36 tooth combs. 12 rack combs, 14 lbs. washing soda.

28 lbs. salt.

Coranderrk

Framlingham . .

Lake Tyers (Mission Station)

Lake Hindmarsh (.Mission Station)

Lake Wellington (Mission Station)

Tangambalanga . . . . . • Tarndwarncoert Longerenong . . Swan Hill Geelong Terrick-terrick East Charlton, Yowen Hill Mount Talbot . . Pretty Tower, Stockyard Hill Nareeb-nareeb Vectis . . Hamilton Kulkyne Carr's Plains Boort . . W y u n a . . Reidsdale Ulupna Benyeo Towaninnie Lake Condah

Killingworth Wirmbirchip . . Mildura Mount Hope Mordialloc Gunbower Echuca

Totals

Name of Station, Miscellaneous.


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APPENDIX VI.

ACCOUNT showing the Amounts voted for the Aborigines and the Amounts expended from the 1st August 1868 to the 31st July 1869.

Unexpended balance on 31st July 1868 ...

Amounts voted for 1869—

Food, clothing, stores, and other expenses ...

Medical allowance and medical comforts ...

Incidental expenses, and burial expenses, and thrashing grain

Medical attendance*

Meat for various stations

Amount expended for stores, &c. *

Carriage of stores ...

Fruit trees for Coranderrk ...

Cattle for Lake Wellington ...

Sheep for Lake Condah

Gratuity paid to the executors of the late Guardian of Aborigines—Three months' salary

Salary of Inspector of Stations (one year and eight months)

Salary of Master at Coranderrk, from 1st August 1868 to 31st July 1869 ...

Salary of Master at Framlingham, 1st June 1869 to 31st July 1869

Salary of Laborer at Coranderrk, 1st August 1868 to 31st July 1869

Travelling expenses, &c.

Clerical assistance, from 1st August 1868 to 31st July 1869

Unexpended balance

* Medicines and medical comforts have been supplied the cost of which is not included in this sum.

* For particulars of expenditure see statement below.

S T A T E M E N T of the To ta l Cost of all Clothing, Provisions, &c. ( including a portion of the t ranspor t thereof) ,

supplied for t he use of t he Abor ig ines from the 1st A u g u s t 1868 to t h e 31st J u l y 1869.

Name of Station.

Coranderrk ...

Framlingham

Lake Tyers . . .

Lake Wellington

Lake Hindmarsh

Lake Condah

Tangambalanga

Birregurra ...

Longerenong

Swan Hill ...

Bacchus Marsh

Geelong

Terrick-terrick

East Charlton

Mount Talbot

Pretty Tower

Nareeb-nareeb

Walmer

Hamilton ...

Kulkyne ...

Amount.

£ s, d.

472 5 7

'35 9 7 440 5 0

412 12 5

505 1 1

529 5 8

82 14 0

107 15 10

92 9 9

395 4 6

5 1 6

13 4 8

57 0 6

95 15 11

31 1 0

160 11 8

185 13 10

69 8 11

74 8 7 149 0 6

Name of Station.

Carr's Plains

Boort

Wyuna

Reidsdale ...

Ulupna

Killingworth

Benyeo

Towaninnie

Mordialloc...

Wirmbirchip

Mildura

Mount Hope

Gunbower ...

Echuca

Balmoral ...

Talbot

Wangoon ...

Amount.

£ s. d.

137 7 10

83 1 11

132 7 2

141 19 4

142 13 10

49 13 9 103 3 6

57 9 10 76 2 11

70 18 6

70 8 4

26 9 8

22 5 0

19 7 0

20 I I 0

5 7 0

30 12 7

£5,204 9 8

No. 41. c


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ACCOUNT showing the Amounts voted for the Aborigines and the Amounts expended from the 1st August 1869 to the 31st December 1870.

* Medicines and medical comforts have been supplied the cost of which is not Included In this sum.

For particulars of expenditure see statement below.

STATEMENT of the Total Cost of all Clothing, Provisions, &c. (including a portion of the transport thereof), supplied for the use of the Aborigines from 1st August 1869 to 31st December 1870.

Unexpended balance on the 31st July 1869

Amounts voted for 1870—

Food, clothing, stores, and other expenses ...

Medical allowance and medical comforts

Incidental expenses, travelling expenses, &c.

Medical attendance *

Meat for various stations

Amount expended for stores, &c. *

Carriage of stores ...

Repairs to dray, purchase of sewing-machine, cart, and building materials

Grubbing trees, &c, Coranderrk

Cattle for various stations ...

Potatoes and seeds for various stations

Harness and plough and harrows

Salary of Inspector of Stations

Travelling expenses, &c.

Clerical assistance ...

Salary—Master at Coranderrk (Lang)

Salary—Master at Coranderrk (Johnson)

Salary—Master at Framlingham,

Laborer at Coranderrk

Unexpended balance

Name of Station. Amount. Name of Station. Amount.

Coranderrk

Lake Tyers

Lake Wellington

Lake Hindmarsh

Lake Condah

Framlingham

Tarndwarncoort

Tangambalanga

Longerenong

Swan Hill

Geelong

Terrick-terrick

East Charlton

Mount Talbot

Pretty Tower, Stockyard Hill

Nareeb-nareeb

Walmer

Hamilton ...

Kulkyne ...

Carr's Plains

Boort

Wyuna

Reidsdale ...

Ulupna

Benyeo

Towaninnie

Mordialloc

Wirmbirchip

Killingworth

Mildura

Mount Hope

Gunbower

Echuca


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APPENDIX VII.

The Honorable S. G. Henty. James MacBain, Esq., M.L.A. William Macredie, Esq., J .P. Henry Jennings, Esq.

BOARD FOR THE PROTECTION OF ABORIGINES.

The Honorable the Chief Secretary, Chairman. Theo. J . Sumner, Esq., J.P., Vice-Chairman.

Thomas Embling, Esq., M.D. John Mackenzie, Esq., J.P. R. Brough Smyth, Esq., F.G.S. Lon.

Mr. Brough Smyth acts as Secretary.

L O C A L G U A R D I A N S O F A B O R I G I N E S .

Armstrong, Thos., Esq., East Charlton, Yowen Hill Andrews, Henry, Esq., Geelong Baker, W. R. Cole, Esq., Wirmbirchip, Morton Plains Campbell, Duncan, Esq., Lake Lalbert Carr, Charles W., Esq., P.M., Avoca Cooke, Cecil P., Esq., Lake Condah Crespigny, P . C, Esq., Bright Dennis, A., Esq., Birregurra Farie, R., Esq., Boort Garratt, J . M., Esq , M.P., Geelong

Gray, Charles, Esq., Nareeb-nareeb, Wycliffe Hedley, G. D., Esq., M.D., Palmerston Hill, Moore, Esq., Sandhurst Howitt, A. W., Esq., P.M., Bairnsdale Greene, Molesworth, Esq., Mount Hope Jackson, J . H., Esq., Sandford Jamieson, Hugh, Esq., Mildura Ker, W. L., Esq., Killingworth, Yea Lane, Henry B., Esq., P.M., Belfast Learmonth, Peter, Esq., Hamilton Leslie, M., Esq., Kulkyne, Swan Hill Mackin, C. T., Esq., M.D., Honorary Medical Officer,

Geelong Molloy, W. T., Esq., M.D., Hawthorn MacLachlan, Ronald, Esq., River Avon McLeod, John, Esq., Lucknow, Gippsland

McLeod, Hugh L., Esq., Benyeo, Apsley McLeod, J . N., Esq., Castlemaddin, Portland Macleod, Archibald W., Esq., Bairnsdale, Gippsland Mitchell, T., Esq., Tangambalanga, Little River, Yackan-

dandah Officer, C. M., Esq., Mount Talbot Officer, S. H., Esq., Murray Downs Porteous, Andrew, Esq., Pretty Tower, Stockyard Hill Ralston, R. H., Esq., Roseneath, Casterton Reid, David, Esq., The Hermitage, Belvoir Reid, Curtis A., Esq., Reidsdale, Wangaratta Ritchie, John, Esq., Boodcarra, Belfast Rutherford, James, Esq., Ulupna, Murray River Scott, R. D., Esq., Camperdown Scott, T. P., Esq., Lake Condah Simmons, J . W., Esq., Swan Reach Stanbridge, W. E., Esq., Wombat, Daylesford Strutt, C. E., Esq., P.M., Heidelberg Synnot, M., Esq., Terrick-terrick Station, Mount Hope

District Tozer, F., Esq., Wangoon, near Warrnambool Wettenhall, H. H., Esq., Carr's Plains Wilson, S., Esq., Longerenong Wilson, Alexr., Esq., Vectis Young, James, Esq.

APPENDIX VIII.

L O C A L I T I E S , A r e a s , & c , of Lands Reserved for Aboriginal Purposes.

Locality. Date of Gazette. Area.

Moorabool and Wer r ibee K a r n g u n . . . Duneed H o p k i n s River , near W a r r n a m b o o l . . . L a k e H i n d m a r s h Woor i Ya loak (cancel led 30th December 1862) Tangamba langa Mordial loc. . . Corande r rk ( in place of Woor i Ya loak) L a k e T y e r s L a k e Wel l ington, Sale L a k e Condah Corande r rk (ex tens ion) Kange r ton . . . Lake H indmar sh (addit ional)

26th J u n e 1860 n t h F e b r u a r y 1861. . . 29th J u n e 1861 17th September 1861 17th September 1861 17th J a n u a r y 1862 . . . 6th J u n e 1862 Not gazet ted 30th J u n e 1863 15th May 1863 9th J u n e 1863 15th J a n u a r y 1869 . . . 24th J u l y 1866 26th J u n e 1866 10th March 1871

640 acres 3 » 1

3,500 » 1,897 1,200 „

640 „ 640 "

2,300 „ 2,000 „ 2,356 „ 2,043 » 1 rood 2,550 ,,

111 „ 1,710 „ 3 roods 14 perches


APPENDIX IX.

R E T U R N showing the N u m b e r of Aborigines Confined in H e r Majesty's Gaols and Lock-ups for the Year ending 31st J u l y 1869.

Remarks. Date. Where sentenced. Sentence. Offence. Name. Where confined. District

Ballarat

Belfast

» " " "

"

"

"

"

" "

" "

"

"

" "

Benalla

" " "

"

"

"

" v "

Bourke

"

H.M. Gaol, Ballarat Ballarat East

»> ...

Belfast ... ... „ ... " ... ... ,, ... ... „ ...

Camperdown " ... ,, . . .

„ ,, ,, ... „ ... „ ... " • • •

Hamilton " ... „ ... „

Penshurst " ... ... ,, ... ...

Warrnambool

Benalla ...

" ... . . .

it . . .

Wangaratta " ••.

" ... „ ... " ... „ " " . . .

Brighton ...

Brunswick

Jane Yorkey Johnny ... Louisa Caroline ... Henry Harrick Billy Youl Jim Cain... Nelly Cain Kitty Cain Billy Youl Jemmy Brock Barney McLean ... Billy Wallaby Jemmy Ware Jemmy Brock Johnny Dawson ... Kitty Maria Louisa Sandy Hamilton ...

" • • •

" ... Tim Jack Gibb Sandy Hamilton ...

" ••• Monaghan Kitty Bella

„ Cocking Trumpeter Biddy Kitty Kilwalla Tommy Millar Neddy Tommy ...

" ... ... Jimmy Tommy Reid William Mooney ...

Johanna Cleary

Drunk and disorderly " " •••

Breach of the peace " "

Drunk and disorderly " " • • • " " ••• " " • •

" " •"

Assault ... Drunk and disorderly

" " • • •

Vagrancy ... Wilful trespass Idle and disorderly Drunk and disorderly

Larceny ... Lunacy ... Drunk and disorderly

Obscene language... Drunk and disorderly Larceny from dwelling under £ 2

Drunk and disorderly

Obscene language ... Drunk and disorderly

Obscene and threatening language in a public place

Drunkenness

Seven days or a fine of £1 ... Discharged

Twenty-four hours' imprisonment ... Discharged

Seven days' imprisonment ... Discharged

One week's imprisonment ... One month's imprisonment... Discharged

Fourteen days' hard labor ... Sent to the Yarra Bend Discharged Fined 5s. or twenty-four hours' impri

sonment

Discharged and cautioned ...

Fined 5s. or twenty-four hours' imprisonment

Fined 20s. or seven days' imprisonment Discharged with a caution ...

Discharged

H. M. Gaol, Ballarat Ballarat East Bench

Belfast

Camperdown

Hamilton

Penshurst

Warrnambool

Benalla ...

Wangaratta

Brighton...

Brunswick

17th April 1869 21st Nov. 1868 3rd Feb. 1869

15th April 1869 26th Dec. 1868 28th Dec. 1868

27th Jan. 1869 21st April 1869

19th July 1869 it

6th Aug. 1868 8th Aug. 1868 19th April 1869 4th June 1869 18th Nov. 1868 6th Feb. 1869 26th Feb. 1869 8th Sept. 1868 19th Jan. 1869 31st Aug. 1868

15th June 1869 29th Oct. 1868

28th Dec. 1868 5th April 1869

8th May 1869 19th May 1869 8th Aug. 1868

4th June 1869


Castlemaine Geelong

Gippsland ...

Kyneton

Maryborough

McIvor

Melbourne ...

Portland ...

Sandhurst ...

Swan Hill Upper Goulburn

Wimmera ...

Dandenong

Heidelberg

Vaughan lock-up... North Geelong Lock

up

Bairnsdale

Sale

Kyneton ...

Majorca ... Talbot ... Tarnagulla Echuca ... Sandhurst Heathcote Echuca ...

Swanston street Lock-up

Harrow ... Balmoral...

H.M. Gaol, Sandhurst White Hills Swan Hill

Mansfield... Alexandra

Stawell ...

Dimboola

William Mooney ...

Billy Mary Rosey Harriett ... Crow Nang Lizzie

Billy Jerry George McKi Edward McMillan... Eliza

James Scott Joseph Watson

William Hall Eliza Mary Ann Stevenson Bumbo ... Tally-ho Edward Mooney ... Sugar-bag Cochlan ... Bambo George ...

Jimme Gee Eliza Anne Peter Timothy Miller ... Jackey ... Harry Rose

Charley ... Tally-ho ... Bobby Roberts Duncan Campbell ... Jacob Mary Dunne Sawkie ... Dan Hall Paddy ... Jemmy ... Charley Cochrane ... Anthony Creswick Postman Bill

Drunk and disorderly Stealing a horse, saddle, and

bridle Drunk and disorderly

Drunkenness


Drunk


Drunkenness

Drunk and disorderly Larceny ... Drunk and disorderly

Drunkenness

Common assault ... Drunk and disorderly Drunkenness

Stealing a counterpane Drunkenness


Drunkenness

Making use of threatening language

Cautioned and discharged ... Three months imprisonment

Discharged ... ...

Discharged with a caution ... Discharged

„ ... ... ... Discharged with a caution ...

Fined 1s. or six hours' imprisonment Discharged Twenty-four hours' imprisonment ...

Discharged One hour's imprisonment ... Discharged Twenty-four hours in lock-up Fourteen days in gaol Discharged Forty-eight hours in lock-up

Discharged

Discharged with a caution ... Fined 5s. Discharged with a caution ...

Fourteen days hard labor ... Discharged

Three days' imprisonment ... Discharged with a caution ... Fined 5s. ... Discharged

„ ... ... ... „ ... ...

Cautioned and discharged ...

Dandenong Cranbourne

Heidelberg „ ... „ ...

Vaughan Police Court Police Court, Geelong

Bairnsdale

Sale" „ ... „ ...

Kyneton ...

Majorca ... Talbot ... Tarnagulla Echuca ...

„ ... Heathcote Echuca ...

„ ... ...

City Court

„ ...

Harrow ... Balmoral...

„ ... ... ,, ... ...

Sandhurst

Swan Hill ...

Mansfield Police Court Alexandra PoliceCourt

Stawell ... „ ... ... „ „ ... ...

Dimboola...

21st April 1869 6th Nov. 1869

24th Sept. 1868

5th Oct 1868 9th Nov. 1868

16th Dec. 1868

24th Dec. 1868 26th Dec. 1868 n t h Dec. 1868 13th March 1869 10th June 1869 6th April 1869

13th Nov. 1868 17th Sept. 1868 12th Feb. 1869 17th Oct. 1868 21st Dec. 1868 14th Dec. 1868 18th Jan. 1869 n t h Mar. 1869 11th Mar. 1869 15th Oct. 1868

23rd Dec. 1868 23rd Dec. 1868 4th Jan. 1869 7th April 1869 7th April 1869 30th Nov. 1868 7th Sept. 1868 2nd Nov. 1868 24th June 1869 20th Dec. 1868 17th March 1869 3rd Dec. 1868 5th June 1869 27th May 1869 6th April 1869 8th July 1869 30th Dec. 1868

17th May 1869

12th Jan. 1869

Several convictions against this offender.

Two publicans were convicted at the suit of the police for selling drink in this case, and fined 10s. each.

Lock-up.


R

District.

Ararat ... Ballarat

Bourke

Castlemaine

Geelong

Gippsland ...

Maryborough

Melbourne ...

Ovens

. . .

Sandhurst ...

ETURN showing the ]

Where confined.

Her Majesty's Gaol Ballarat East

... Beaufort ... Ballarat East Beaufort ... Cranbourne

Dandenong

Prahran ...

Bacchus Marsh lock-up

Camperdown

North Geelong Lock-up Camperdown

Sale Lock-up

Inglewood

Majorca ... Talbot ... Wedderburne

H.M. Gaol, Melbourne

East Collingwood Lock-up

Swanston street Lock-up

Wangaratta

Shepparton

Sandhurst Swan Hill

Number of Abor ig i

Name.

Billy Officer Jemmy Hamilton ... Maria Hamilton ... Jenny William Harrick ... James Miller ... William Mooney ...

James Mann

Johnny Horrick ... Jenny Horrick Jemmie McLean ... George ... Jerry George ...

Dairyman ,, ... ...

Johnny Edwards ...

William Hall Dan Buckley Johnny Edwards ...

William Mooney

Monday ...

William Mooney ...

Tommy Reid

Dick " ... Jemmy ...

Cocky Trumpeter. . . Davy ... ...

Bobby Temanville... Duncan Campbell ... William Towney ...

nes Confined in Her Majesty

Offence.

Stealing pair of trousers Drunkenness

Vagrancy Drunkenness

Assault with intent to commit a rape on a girl under 14 years old

Stealing a horse and bridle and saddle



Drunkenness Drunk and disorderly

Drunk

Wilful murder

Drunkenness Drunk and disorderly Wilful murder

Illegally using a horse

Unlawful assault ... Being a neglected child

Drunkenness


Manslaughter

Drunk Drunk and disorderly

's Gaols and Lock-ups for the Seve

Sentence.

Three months Discharged

Six months' imprisonment in Melbourne gaol

Three months' imprisonment in Melbourne gaol

Discharged Fined 10s. or forty-eight hours' im

prisonment Discharged

Forty-eight hours' imprisonment

Discharged

Committed for trial

Discharged Discharged with a caution ... Acquitted

Three months' imprisonment

Six months' imprisonment ... Discharged

Fined 2s. 6d. or twelve hours' imprisonment

Discharged

Six months' hard labor

Discharged Forty-eight hours' imprisonment

nteen Months ending

Where sentenced.

Ballarat East

Beaufort ... Ballarat East Beaufort ... Cranbourne

Prahran ...

Bacchus Marsh

Camperdown

Geelong Police Court Camperdown

Sale Police Court ...

Wedderburne

Majorca ... Talbot Maryborough Circuit

Court Cranbourne Police

Court

East Collingwood Police Court

City, of Melbourne Police Court

Wangaratta

Shepparton Circuit Court, Sand

hurst Sandhurst Swan Hill

31st December

Date.

6th Jan. 1870 28th May 1870

6th July 1870 2nd Dec. 1870 24th Nov. 1870 5th May 1870

6th Nov. 1869

18th Oct. 1869 6th Feb. 1870

14th Mar. 1870

n t h Jan. 1870 3rd May 1870 3rd Nov. 1870 4th Nov. 1870 27th Dec. 1870 29th April 1870 15th Sept. 1870 26th June 1870

13th Nov. 1869 15th Aug. 1870 19th July 1870

6th Nov. 1869

10th May 1870 14th Jan. 1870

31st Oct. 1870

17th Aug. 1869

25th Sept. 1869 25th April 1870 26th May 1870 2nd June 1870 8th Jan. 1870 10th Feb. 1870

27th Oct. 1869 24th Aug. 1869 29th Mar. 1870

r 1870.

Remarks.

En route to Maryborough Gaol.

Came from Queensland and returned thither.

Fine paid.


Upper Goulburn ,, ...

Western

Wimmera ...

Echuca ...

Swan Hi l l"

Mansfield...

Belfast ...

Coleraine... Edenhope

Hamilton... Penshurst

Warrnambool

Balmoral... Belfast ...

Balmoral... Hamilton...

Penshurst

Casterton... Horsham...

Dimboola...

Lizzie ... Davy Bradshaw ... Billy Charley ... Bob Bumbo Hardy Duncan Campbell... Johnston... Peggy ... Wellington Jemima Donald Polly Dunne Billy Youl

Timothy ... Bobby Fry Bobby Officer Sandy Hamilton ... Johnny Costello ... Jack Gibb Jemmy Ware Johnny Costello ... Tim Cain Kitty Jemmy Lukeman ...

King Davey Jemmy Lukeman ... James McCallum ... Billy Youl

Billy Robertson ... Peter

Sandy Hamilton ...

Jemmy Luckman ... Billy Kitty Jemmy Power Dicky Billy Officer James Buckley

Murder ... Drunk and disorderly

Drunk Drunk and disorderly Drunk Threatening to shoot Drunk and disorderly

Prostitute Disorderly conduct Drunk and disorderly

Threatening language Larceny (under 40s.) Drunk and disorderly

Threatening language Drunk and disorderly Simple larceny Wilful damage Threatening language Drunk and disorderly

Stealing from a dwelling Assault with intent to com

mit a rape Simple larceny Drunk and disorderly

Murder ... Drunkenness Simple larceny Drunk and disorderly Obscene language ...

Twenty-four hours' imprisonment ... Six months' imprisonment ... Forty-eight hours' imprisonment Twenty-four hours' imprisonment ... Forty-eight hours' imprisonment

Discharged

Discharged ... ... Seven days' imprisonment ...

Discharged Seven days' imprisonment ... Fourteen days' imprisonment

Forty-eight hours' imprisonment Seven days' hard labor Remanded to Horsham Forty-eight hours' imprisonment Twenty-four hours' imprisonment ... Discharged

Three days' imprisonment ... Discharged One month's imprisonment... Forty-eight hours' imprisonment Discharged

One month's imprisonment... Forty-eight hours' imprisonment

Discharged

Fourteen days' imprisonment Discharged

Discharged Three months' imprisonment Discharged Fined 20s., in default seven days' im

prisonment

Sandhurst Echuca ...

Swan Hill"

Mansfield...

Belfast '.'.'.

Coleraine... Edenhope...

Hamilton... Penshurst

Warrnambool

Balmoral... Belfast ...

Balmoral... Hamilton...

Coleraine... Hamilton... Penshurst Warrnambool

Casterton... Horsham...

Dimboola...

10th July 1870 11th Feb. 1870 19th Feb. 1870 21st Mar. 1870 16th April 1870 31st May 1870 14th June 1870 20th June 1870 17th Aug. 1870 15th Oct. 1870 13th Dec. 1870 6th Dec. 1869 27th Dec. 1869

6th Aug. 1869 17th Sept. 1869 7th March 1870 14th May 1870 23rd May 1870 8th Nov. 1869 30th Dec. 1869 7th March 1870 22nd Nov. 1869 6th Dec. 1869

9th April 1870 27th Oct. 1869 3rd Nov. 1869 10th Dec. 1869 15th March 1870 28th March 1870 11th July 1870 15th June 1870 1 st Aug. 1870 11th Oct. 1870 16th Nov. 1870 8th Dec. 1870 26th Dec. 1870 16th Nov. 1870 3rd Oct. 1870

22nd Nov. 1870 17th Dec. 1870 7th Nov. 1870 23rd Aug. 1870 27th Dec. 1870 1st Oct. 1870 25th Oct. 1869 6th Jan. 1870 27th April 1870

Forwarded to Ararat Gaol.

Forwarded to Horsham Gaol 1st May 1870.


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APPENDIX X.

Interpretation.

Regulations.

Board of Aborigines.

Bedding, &c, not to be sold.

Offences.

Breach of regula-tions.

Obstructing officers.

Who to be deemed Aboriginals.

Recovery of penalties.

An Act to provide for the Protection and Management of the Aboriginal Natives of Victoria.

[11th November 1869.] BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say) :— .

1. Save where there is something in the context repugnant thereto or inconsistent therewith the following words shall have the respective meanings hereby assigned to them (that is to say) :—

The word " Governor" shall mean the person administering the government acting by and with the advice of the Executive Council.

The word " Minister " shall mean the responsible Minister of the Crown administering this Act. The word "Board" shall mean the Board for the Protection of the Aborigines.

2. I t shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to make regulations and orders for any of the purposes hereinafter mentioned and at any time to rescind or alter such regulations (that is to say) :—

(1.) For prescribing the place where any Aboriginal or any tribe of Aborigines shall reside. (II.) For prescribing the terms on which contracts for and on behalf of Aboriginals may be made

with Europeans, and upon which certificates may be granted to Aboriginals who may be able and willing to earn a living by their own exertions.

(III.) For apportioning amongst Aboriginals the earnings of Aboriginals under any contract, or where Aboriginals are located on a reserve the net produce of the labor of such Aboriginals,

(IV.) For the distribution and expenditure of moneys granted by Parliament for the benefit of Aborigines,

(v.) For the care custody and education of the children of Aborigines, (vi.) For prescribing the mode of transacting the business of and the duties generally of the Board

or any local committee hereinafter mentioned and of the officers appointed hereunder.

And every such regulation or order shall be published in the Government Gazette, and any publication purporting to be a copy of the Government Gazette and containing any such regulation or order signed by the Minister shall be received in all courts of justice as evidence thereof.

3. There shall be in and for Victoria a Board to be styled the " Board for the Protection of Aborigines," consisting of the Minister and such and so many persons as the Governor shall from time to time appoint to be members thereof, and the persons who at the passing of this Act shall be the members of the Board for the Protection of the Aborigines are together with the Minister hereby appointed the first members of such Board. The Governor may from time to time appoint other persons either as additional members of or to supply any vacancies in the said Board, and may remove any member whether by this Act appointed or hereafter to be appointed: Provided that in the absence of the Minister such member as shall be annually elected by the Board as vice-chairman shall preside at the meetings of the Board.

4. The Governor may from time to time appoint a local committee consisting of three persons to act in conjunction with the said Board, and also officers to be called local guardians of Aborigines, and may also at any time abolish such local committee or remove any such member of a local committee or a local guardian ; and such local committee or guardians shall perform the duties assigned to them respectively by this Act or any of the regulations to be made thereunder.

5. All bedding clothing and other articles issued or distributed to the Aboriginals by or by the direction of the said Board shall be considered on loan only and shall remain the property of Her Majesty, and it shall not be lawful for the Aboriginals receiving such bedding clothing and other articles to sell or otherwise dispose of the same without the sanction of the Minister or such other person as the said regulations may direct.

6. If any persons shall without the authority of a local guardian take whether by purchase or otherwise any goods or chattels issued or distributed to any Aboriginal by or by the direction of the said Board (except such goods as such Aboriginal may be licensed to sell), or shall sell or give to any Aboriginal any intoxicating liquor except such as shall be bond fide administered as a medicine, or shall harbor any Aboriginal unless such Aboriginal shall have a certificate or unless a contract of service as aforesaid shall have been made on his behalf and be then in force, or unless such Aboriginal shall from illness or from the result of any accident or other cause be in urgent need of succour and such cause be reported in writing to the Board or a local committee or local guardian or to a magistrate within one week after the need shall have arisen, or shall remove or attempt to remove or instigate any other person to remove any Aboriginal from Victoria without the written consent in that behalf of the Minister, every such person shall on conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding Twenty pounds or in default to be imprisoned for any term not less than one month nor more than three months.

7. If any person shall violate the provisions of any regulation made under or in pursuance of this Act, or shall obstruct the Board or local committee or any local guardian of Aborigines or other officer in the execution of his duty under this Act or the said regulations, every such person shall on conviction forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding Twenty pounds.

8. Every Aboriginal native of Australia and every Aboriginal half-caste or child of a half-caste, such half-caste or child habitually associating and living with Aboriginals, shall be deemed to be an Aboriginal within the meaning of this A c t ; and at the hearing of any case the justice adjudicating may, in the absence of other sufficient evidence, decide on his own view and judgment whether any person with reference to whom any proceedings shall have been taken under this Act is or is not an Aboriginal.

9. All penalties under this Act may be enforced by summary proceeding before any justice.

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REGULATIONS AND ORDERS MADE UNDER THE ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ABORIGINAL NATIVES OF VICTORIA.

At the Executive Council held at Melbourne the 13th day of February 1871. PRESENT :

His Excellency the Governor Sir J. McCulloch. | Mr. Wrixon.

WHEREAS by the 2nd section of the Act of the Parliament of Victoria numbered 349, intituled An Act to provide for the protection and management of the Aboriginal Natives of Victoria, it is amongst other things enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to make regulations and orders for any of the purposes hereinafter mentioned, and at any time to rescind or alter such regulations, that is to say—

I. For prescribing the place where any Aboriginal or any tribe of Aborigines shall reside. II. For prescribing the terms on which contracts for and on behalf of Aboriginals may be made with Europeans, and

upon which certificates may be granted to Aboriginals who may be able and willing to earn a living by their own exertions.

III. For apportioning amongst Aboriginals the earnings of Aboriginals under any contract, or where Aboriginals are located on a reserve the net produce of the labor of such Aboriginals.

IV. For the distribution and expenditure of moneys granted by Parliament for the benefit of Aborigines. V. For the care, custody,, and education of the children of Aborigines.

VI. For prescribing the mode of transacting the business of and the duties generally of the Board, or any local committee hereinafter mentioned, and of the officers appointed hereunder.

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice of the Executive Council, doth make the following Regulations and Orders, in which the words "Governor" and "Board" are intended to have the meaning attached to them by the Act:—

(i.)—PLACES OF RESIDENCE.

i. Provision will bo made by the Board for the residence of Aboriginals and tribes of Aboriginals at the following places :— Coranderrk, Lake Wellington, Lake Tyers, Lake Condah, Framlingham, Lake Hindmarsh

(II.)—CONTRACTS AND CERTIFICATES.

2. No contract with any Aboriginal for any service or employment for a longer period than three months shall be of any validity as against such Aboriginal, or as an exemption from the penalty imposed by section 6 of the Act, unless such contract shall have been approved by the Board, or the Aboriginal shall, at the making and during the continuance thereof, hold a subsisting certificate to be issued as hereinafter provided; but this regulation shall in no way effect the validity of any such contract as against the person entering into it with the Aboriginal.

3. Any person desiring the approval of the Board to any such contract shall apply therefor by transmitting to the local guardian or other authorized agent of the Board in or nearest to the district in which the applicant resides an application signed by him in the subjoined form (hereinafter referred to as the contract):—

Contract submitted for the approval of the Board for the Protection of the Aborigines.

Particulars of Contract.

Name, residence, and occupation of of employer. Name of Aboriginal. Nature of work or service to be performed. Date from which service under the contract is to commence or has commenced. Money payment as wages or otherwise, and the time or times when payable under the contract. Rations (if any) to be given in addition to money payment (if any), and quantity and quality of rations agreed to be supplied. Name and address to which the applicant desires communications in reference to this application to be posted. Date of application.

Signature of Applicant. 4. The local guardian or other authorized agent of the Board, after making such enquiries as he or they may think

necessary to enable him or them to judge of the propriety of approving the contract, shall forward the same with his or their opinion thereon to the Board.

5. The Board, if satisfied of the propriety of approval, will cause their approval, signed by the secretary, to be endorsed on the contract, and will return the same to the local guardian or committee, and post a copy thereof with such approval endorsed to the address mentioned in the contract.

6. The Board may modify any such contract at the time of approving the same by directing all or any part of the money payment payable to the Aboriginal to be made to some local guardian or other person specified in that behalf instead of to the Aboriginal himself,and shall in such case endorse such direction in manner hereinbefore provided with respect to their approval; and after the time at which the approved contract so modified would in course of post have reached the address given in the contract, the contractor shall not be entitled to credit under the contract for any payment so directed to be made unless made as directed.

7. Any money to be received in pursuance of any such direction shall be applied at the discretion of the receiver for the benefit of the Aboriginal or of any member of his family, subject to any express direction given by the Board, and shall in every case be accounted for to the Board as hereinafter directed, or upon application by the secretary at any time.

8. The Board may, at their discretion, grant to any Aboriginal able and willing to earn a living by his own exertions, a certificate in the subjoined form, signed by the secretary, which certificate shall not remain in force for more than six months from its date, or the date of its last renewal ; and any such unexpired certificate may be renewed for six months by the endorsement of the date of renewal, and signature of any member of the Board, local guardian, or member of a local committee who, in the exercise of his discretion, shall think fit to renew the same:—

Certificate under the Aborigines Protection Act.

This certificate was issued on the day of 18 to an Aboriginal named , aged about , height about , and known or distinguishable by the following peculiarities [state if any"], he having represented himself as able and willing to earn a living by his own exertions.

The effect of this certificate, while in force, is as follows :— It authorizes him to enter into a binding contract of service for any time during which this certificate remains in

force. It permits a European to harbor him without incurring any penalty. It does not authorize any person to sell or give him any intoxicating drink or affect the penalty for so doing, or

confer any other exemption from penalties under the said Act.

This certificate will not remain in force after the day of 18 , unless renewed in the meantime by the date of renewal, and signature of some member of the Board for the Protection of Aborigines, local guardian, or member of local committee being written thereon; and it will not remain in force after six months from the date of the last renewal.

Secretary to the Board for the Protection of Aborigines.

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(III.)—APPORTIONMENT OF EARNINGS.

9. Where a number of Aboriginals are located on a reserve, and where they cultivate fields and gardens, or raise and keep live stock, or otherwise, by their labors, produce marketable goods, the Board may, from time to time, order the sale of any produce or live stock or goods, and out of the net proceeds of sale pay to the Aboriginals who have labored on the reserve such sums as the Board may deem right, having regard to the kind and amount of labor performed by each.

(IV.)—DISTRIBUTION AND EXPENDITURE OF MONEYS.

10. In the third month of every year, or so soon after as practicable, the Board shall submit for approval by the Governor a statement showing in detail the quantities of the rations, clothes, medicines, live stock, and other things which they propose to distribute amongst or employ for the benefit of Aboriginals for the ensuing twelve months, and an estimate of the amount to be expended in the purchase and carriage thereof, and of the amount to be expended in salaries and wages, and travelling and other expenses, for the like period.

II. Once in every year the Board shall submit to the Governor a statement for the past year, showing in detail the quantities of the several things distributed, and the quantity remaining on hand, and the amount of actual expenditure in salaries, wages, travelling and other expenses, for the like period.

12. Every local committee, local guardian, or other person entrusted by the Board with the distribution of any stores or other things, or the application of any moneys received from the Board, or from the employer of any Aboriginal, shall furnish the Board with a monthly statement in detail of all stores and other things received and distributed, and of all moneys received and disbursed, and showing the balances on hand of stores or other things, and of moneys unexpended up to and inclusive of the last day of each calendar month,

(V.) CUSTODY OF CHILDREN.

13. The Governor may order the removal of any Aboriginal child neglected by its parents, or left unprotected, to any of the places of residence specified in Regulation I., or to an industrial or reformatory school.*

(VI.)—SECRETARY.

14. The person who at the passing of these regulations shall be acting as secretary of the Board is hereby appointed the secretary.

(VII.)—MODE OF TRANSACTING BUSINESS.

15. An ordinary meeting of the Board shall be held in the first week of every month, on a day to be named by the vice-chairman.

16. A special meeting may be convened at any time by the secretary. 17. Three members of the Board shall form a quorum. 18. The secretary, or one of the members acting as secretary, shall keep minutes of the proceedings at each meeting,

which shall, if correct, be confirmed at the next meeting. 19. The directions of the Board to its officers shall be given through the secretary, or, in his absence, in such manner as

the Board may think right, and the secretary, or acting secretary, shall conduct all correspondence and certify all accounts approved of by the Board.

And the Honorable Sir James McCulloch, Her Majesty's Chief Secretary for Victoria, shall give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

J. H. KAY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

At the Executive Council held at Toorak the twelfth day of May 1871. PRESENT :

His Excellency the Governor Mr. a'Beckett | Mr. Bates.

WHEREAS by the second section of the Act of the Parliament of Victoria numbered 349, intituled An Act to provide for the Protection and Management of the Aboriginal Natives of Victoria, it is amongst other things enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to make regulations and orders for the purposes therein mentioned, and at any time to rescind or alter such regulations : And whereas on the 13th day of February last His Excellency the Governor in Council made certain regulations and orders, and it is expedient to alter same : Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice of the Executive Council, doth make the following Regulation : — 1 . That the word "year " in the said recited regulations and orders of the 13th day of February 1871, numbered respectively 10 and II, shall mean the financial year as fixed and adopted by the Legislative Assembly.

And the Honorable Sir James McCulloch, Her Majesty's Chief Secretary for Victoria, shall give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

J . H. KAY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

* By the Act 349 the following are deemed Aboriginals:—" Every Aboriginal native of Australia, and every Aboriginal half-caste or child of a half-caste, such half-caste or child habitually associating and living with Aboriginals, shall be deemed to be an Aboriginal within the meaning of this Act; and at the hearing of any case the justice adjudicating may, in the absence of other sufficient evidence, decide on his own view and judgment whether any-person with reference to whom any proceedings shall have been taken under this Act Is or is not an Aboriginal."

By Authority : JOHN FERRES, Government Printer, Melbourne.


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