26 THE EARLY TASMANIAN PRESS, ETC. 



5. Tlie copies consulted for this paper are those in the 



keeping of the Hon. the Chief Secretary, to whom^ 

 and to whose staff, the writer wishes to express 

 his thanks for the facilities rendered him in pre- 

 paring this paper. 



6. H.T.G., June 8, 1816. 



7. H.T.G., October 19, 1816. 



8. H.T.G., November 30 and December 14, 1816. 



9. H.T.G., April 26, 1817. 

 10. H.T.G., October 19, 1816. 

 IJ. H.T.G., December 7, 1816. 



12. H.T.G., June 15, 1816. 



13. H.T.G., June 29, 1816. 



14. It was estimated that in 1826, 1,000 gals, of rum were 



consumed weekly by a population of a little over 

 12,000. See Hohart Town G(mrier, November 

 18, 1836. 



15. "A History of the Island of Van Dicmens Land from 



the year 1824 to 1836 inclusive; to which is 

 added A Few Words on Prison Discipline"; 

 printed at the office of Henry Melville, Hobart 

 Town, Van Diemen's Land, 1835, p. 131. 



16. H.T.G., Januaiy 30, 1824. 



17. H.T.G., January 2, 1824. 



18. H.T.G.. May 17, 1823. 



19. U.T.G., June 28, 1823. 



20. H.T.G., passim. See especially August 10. 1816. and 



ordinance regulating bread trade, July 6. 1816. 



21. H.T.G., June 15,^1816, and April 12, 1817. 



22. H.T.G., April 25, 1821. 



23. H.T.G., July 12, 1819. 



24. H.T.G., January 27, 1821. 



25. H.T.G., April 1*4, 1821. 



26. H.T.G., February 27, 1824. 



27. H.T.G., January 2, 1824. 



28. See evidence in trial, King v. Bent., H.T.G.. July 30, 



1825; also Coloiiial Times, April 15, 1826. 



29. Tf.T.G., June 4. 1824, and subsequent issues. 



30. TI.T.G., Januaiy 14, 1825. See also comment in 



Gazette, January 21, 1825:— "The Angler would 

 fish in troubled waters, but wo will not let him." 



31. See evidence in trials, July, 1825, and April, 1826. 



32. See letters, July 30, September 3, 1824 ; Januarv 28, 



February 25, April 22, 1825. 



