General orders : in order to repress as much as possible the usurious and ruinous traffick of dollar...
General orders : in order to repress as much as possible the usurious and ruinous traffick of dollars by the few who possess them to individuals at eight, nine, and even ten shillings to a dollar to pay to the American at the rate of five shillings each for spirits permitted to be landed ...
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[Sydney] : [Government Printer], [1805].
Date
[1805].
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SAFE 1/87 , CY 1091
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English
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1 sheet ([1] p.) : coat of arms ; 23 cm.
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Publisher
[Sydney] : [Government Printer], [1805].
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
[1805].
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General orders : in order to repress as much as possible the usurious and ruinous traffick of dollars by the few who possess them to individuals at eight, nine, and even ten shillings to a dollar to pay to the American at the rate of five shillings each for spirits permitted to be landed ...
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Caption title. "In order to repress ..." from first lines of text.
Signed and dated: "Government House, Sydney, Dec. 24, 1805, by command of His Excellency G. Blaxcell, Acting, Sec."
General orders for the repression of the exhorbitant amount of interest being charged amongst colonists in exchange for dollars to buy rum.
SAFE 1/87 Selected for Digitisation 2019....
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Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 416
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SAFE 1/87 , CY 1091
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74VKOqDvbAzX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOqDvbAzX
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991022408639702626
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