Year. Return of the Number of Baptisms and Burials in New South Wales from [B. B. ] Tot. 4131 4055 8186 3591 965 1066 842 6464 1331 1319 2650 772 279 114 44 54 32 465 324 163 1538 58 36 309 639 63 29 280 302 The prisoners by ships from England are 10 per cent. Catholics; Ireland 5 ditto, Protestants; in 1835, there were 6 ships from Ireland, 9 from England, with male convicts, 1 ditto with female, in addition to the prisoners by the Hive wrecked at Jervis Bay. Return of Convicts arrived in New South Wales, [B .B.] Total. Return of the Number of convicts in New South Wales on 31st December, 1836, [B. B.]-Penal settlements, Norfolk Island, 1247; Moreton Bay, 337; Return of the Number of persons arrived in New Port Macquarie, 541; Hulk" Phoenix," 166; Goat South Wales, since the year 1825. Island, 209; On the roads in irons, 1152; 2nd class convicts Illawarra, 123; Sydney Gaol, 79; On the roads and Surveyor General's Department, 392; Mineral Surveyor's Department, 112; Medical Department, 98; Commissariat Department, 58; Hyde Park Barrack, 680; Female Factory, Parramatta, 578; Holding tickets of leave, 4,480; For private service, 20,934; Total, 31,186. Return of the number of Persons free by servitude, absolutely and conditionally pardoned from 1829 to 1836. [B. B. 1836.] 1916 1826 1723 100 1823 1823 1827 2105 499 2604) 2604 Free by Servitude. 1828 2341 371 2712 200 122 274 596 1829 3171 493 3664 306 113 145 564 70 73 309 1830 2782 444 3226 166) 3535 1831 2331 506 2837 185 98 174 457 3294 1832 2887 381 3268 819 706 481/2006 5274 3308 Year. 4228 M. Tot. 1829 897 79 976 1830 711 105 816 1831 957 122 1079 1 1832 849 153 1002 5 F. M. M. F. Tot. 4725 5030 1834 1313 236 1549 1837 600 8 VII. Churches and Livings, &c. of New South Wales in 1836. [B. B.] The clergy of the Establishment perform divine service periodically at the gaols, halk, hospitals, factories, prisoners' barracks, stockades for ironed gangs, &c., male and female column of this return. orphan schools, and at divers places in the interior. The principal stations only to which the clergymen are appointed, or at which they severally reside, are specified in the proper * Each includes 1007. per annum in lieu of a glebe of 400 acres. + A Roman Catholic chapel in course of erection, to contain 1,000 persons. * A Roman Catholic clergyman is stationed here. Each master of these schools receives a d. per diem for every child in actual attendance, in addition to his salary. In October 1832, the power to transport was withdrawn from the Magistrates in summary jurisdiction, by the Act of Council, 3 Gul. IV. No. 3. Many cases are now adjudged by the Petty Sessions, that heretofore were decided by the Superior Courts On the 1st August, 1833, the punishment of death ceased for cattle stealing, and stealing in a dwelling-only. house above 57., and forgery, by Acts of Parliament 2 & 3, Gul. IV. caps. 63 and 123. A great portion of such offences thereafter, were tried by the Courts of Quarter Session. At the close of May sessions, 1836, 155 prisoners remained in gaol for trial. Return of the number of civil cases fixed in the Supreme Court of New South Wales during 1836. [B. B.] Before Juries; Common, 9, Special, 14. Before two Magistrates assessors; undefended cases, 177, defended cases, 98, total, 298. This return includes prisoners whose sentence of death has been commuted by the Governor and Executive Council, to transportation. On 6th July, 1836, tenders were called for in the Official Gazette, for the conveyance of 120 persons to Norfolk Island. As the state of crime in our penal settlements is deserving of the most serious attention, I have given every public document under this section which would convey information on the subject. Roman Catholics 9 10 31 15 21 22 22 Uncertain Protestants Felonies.-Offences against the person :-murder, 16; manslaughter, 11; rape, 2; shooting, stabbing 1834 Roman Catholics &c., 13; highway robbery, 23; total, 65. Roman Catholics Return of the Gaols, and the No. of Prisoners* in New South Wales in 1836. [B. B.] Allowance to prisoners per week, each. Felons, 54 lbs. of wheaten bread, 5 lbs. of maize meal, 1 lbs. of fresh beef, 33 lbs. of vegetables, 3 oz. of salt, 1 oz. of soap. Witnesses &c. 84 lbs. of wheaten bread, 3 lbs. of maize meal, 7 lbs. of fresh beef, 7 oz. of sugar, 34 oz. of salt, 1 oz. of soap. 809 187 890 167 :::: Prison, 11 3 192 3 264 886 1275 89 200 1715 315 :::: :::: ∞ : : : 0 : : : :::: :::: : Male. sleeps in one cell. Female. Male. Female. .. 793 183 922 132 577 158 1138 157 25 2005 162 640 15 4 3. 224 157 8 3 10 3 1 16 3 12, 2 |