BY BKRBERT HE AXON, iM.A., M. COMM. 2? 



33. H.T.G., April 22, 1825. 



34. H.T.G., May 27, 1825. 



35. See annual statements of accounts before and after 



1825. 



36. Ross acted as editor, and for the rest of Arthur's 



regime was his most stalwart supporter. 



37. H.T.G., June 27, 1825. 



38. H.T.G., editorial of October 8, 1824. 



39. H.T.G., February 11, 1825. 



40. H.T.G., April 8, 1826. 



41. H.T.G., July 1, July 30, 1825; April 1, April 22, May 



20, May 27, 1826. Also Colonial Times, 

 especially April 15, 1826. 



42. Colonial Times, August 4, 1826. 



43. Colonial Times, July 28, 1826. 



44. H.T.G., February 17, 1827. 



45. H.T.G., November 28, 1825. 



46. H.T.G., December 19, 1825. 



47. Fenton, op. cit., pp. 77-8. 



48. Both Acts are printed in full in the Gazette^ Septem- 



ber 22, 1827. 



49. The duty wa.s soon reduced to twopence. 



50. Melville, op. cit., p. 70. 



51. Melville, op. cit., p. 70. 



52. Hohart Town Courier, January' 22, 1836. 



53. These facts are obtained from a collection of cuttings 



from various Australian papers, which are pasted 

 in the front of the Chief Secretarv's copy of the 

 first volume of the H.T.G. 



54. In his History, referred to above, Melville deals w^ith 



the whole question of land tenure. Here he 

 urges that the whole revenue of the colony should 

 be raised by a land tax or quit-rent; customs, 

 stamp duties, and other existing fonns of taxation 

 could then be abolished. Further, he suggests 

 that in a land tax unimproved land "should be 

 more severely taxed than the soil on which 

 labour and capital have been expended ; the 

 former has been almost useless to society, whilst 

 the latter has assisted in the maintenance of the 

 inhabitants," pp. 151 et seq. 



55. H.T. Courier, July 7, 1835. 



56. For the facts of these four cases, see Melville, op. cit,, 



pp. 199-203. Also H.T. Courier, March 9, April 

 7. Mav 5, July 7 and 8, 1835. 



