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The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811) by David Dickinson Mann
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if bartered for spirits, all such found in the house will be
staved; if a licensed person, forfeiture of license also: And if
the ration is not applied for at the time of issue, it will not
afterwards be given.

_Sabbath_.--A strict observance of the sabbath, and
general attendance at divine service required; during the
performance of which all strollers are to be apprehended and
confined.

_School-house and Chapel at Hawkesbury, erected by
Gorvernment for the Benefit of Settlers in that
District_.--Those for whom the benefit is designed, invited to
become subscribers, for supporting the institution, and
maintaining the chaplain and preceptor, by the payment of
two-pence for each acre of land they possess. All regulations to
be determined by six subscribers, and two magistrates, one of
whom to be the principal chaplain.

_Seamen_.--Any person trusting or retaining any seaman,
shall lose his or her money, and be proceeded against; and
forfeit five pounds for each day and night (after the first
offence), should he be a deserter; but if ignorant of his being
such, penalty ten shillings a day, only. And any seaman deserting
a ship, and discovered after her departure, shall be subject to
thirty-one lashes, and hard labour for the crown.

_Sedition_.--Transgressors amenable to existing laws; in
addition to which the following regulations, for the effectual
suppression of such crime against his majesty's government, and
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