550 



ORIENTAL COMMERCE. [Neiv South Walu^v. 



The extent of the trade between Calcutta and New South Wales is thus 

 shewn in the Trade Reports of the Presidency : — 





Imports into 



Calcutta. 



EXFOKTS FROM CALCUTTA. 



Year$. 



Merchandise* 



TrcatvTC. 



MrrchttndUe, 



1818-19 S. R.„ 



11,443 



1,37,250 



2,99,588 



1619-20 „ „ 



— . 9,685 



11,250 



5,86,778 



1820-21 „ 



61,391 



5,625 



2,12,187 



1621-22™ — - 



6,617 





2,56,368 





89,136 



1,54,125 



13,54,921 



The chief articles of export from Calcutta to New South Wales were 

 piece-goods, (of which, in 1821, there were 138,561 pieces exported,) sugar, 

 and rice. 



The coasting trade employs about 30 vessels, which are small, badly 

 equipped, badly navigated, and ill qualified to resist the heavy gales with 

 which the coast is sometimes visited. The trade between Van Diemen's 

 Land and New South Wales consists of supplies from England through the 

 latter to the former, and of wheat, salted meat, and potatoes, sent in return. 

 The quantity of corn exported from the settlements on Van Diemen's Land 

 to Port Jackson is considerable, amounting in six years, ending 1820, to 

 107,Gb4 bushels of wheat. 



Regulations. — By the Act 59 Geo. III. c. 122, vessels of Jess than 

 350 tons may trade between Great Britain and New South Wales. 



The following U an abstract of the Port Regulations promulgated 

 by the Governor of New South Wales in 1819, which are applicable 

 to Port Jackson, and all the ports and harbours within the territory and 

 its dependencies. 



A vessel arriving off or near the Heads of Port Jackson, is to be taken 

 in charge by a port pilot, and to be boarded by the naval officer, to whom 

 the master is to deliver the ship's papers and proper documents, and a correct 

 list of the ship's company, and to afford such information concerning the 

 voyage, &c. as may be required. Public dispatches, letters, and packets, 

 and the Post Office letter bags, to be delivered immediately to the naval 

 officer, or his deputy ; penalty, i?20 per day, any such dispatch, &c. shall 

 be delayed. — Foreign ships are not to proceed further up the harbour of 

 Port Jackson than Neutral Bay, without special permission. 



No person is permitted to land from any vessel arriving in the harbour, 

 without permission, under penalty of i?5, to be paid by the master of the 

 ship, and another £5 to be paid by the person landing. No persons may 



