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The following Government Notices appeared in the Sydney Gazette.
On the 3rd of December 1814, a ‘Government Public Notice’ was published which prohibited the Shoalhaven Cedar Trade:
“There being Reason to believe that the Indulgence which has been occasionally granted to Masters and Owners of Vessels,, to resort to and bring Timber from Shoal Haven, is subject to considerable Abuse; Notice is hereby given, that no Permission to resort thither will be granted in future; and all persons are hereby prohibited from cutting down or removing Timber from the Shoal Haven after the present Date, on Pain of Prosecution.
“By Command of His Excellency
The Governor,
(Signed) T.J. Campbell,
Secretary.”
14th of August 1819:
“GOVERNMENT AND GENERAL ORDERS.
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“GOVERNMENT HOUSE, SYDNEY,
14th August, 1819.
“CIVIL DEPARTMENT.
“IT being officially notified to HIS EXCELLENCY the GOVERNOR, that several Persons, both Free Men and Convicts, have been for some time past illegally residing in the Districts of Appin and Illawarra, and there cutting down, sawing, and clandestinely transmitting from thence large Quantities of Cedar and other Timber, the Property of the Crown; and this Practice being in direct Violation of the Colonial Regulations, to the Prejudice of the Revenue, and to the manifest Encouragement of Desertion from the Public Service, and promoting in no small Degree the Destruction of the Government Cattle in those Neighbourhoods : - It is hereby notified, that any Person or Persons who shall after Monday, the 23rd Instant, be found in Possession of, cutting, sawing, or removing Cedar or other Timber, either in Logs, Planks, or Boards, from the said Districts of Appin or Illawarra, will be prosecuted accordingly for Felony.
“The Magistrates and Peace Officers throughout the Colony, and those particularly within the Districts of Liverpool, Bringelly, Airds, and Appin, are hereby called on and enjoined to cause this Order to be most vigilantly and strictly enforced, and to apprehend and commit for Trial, all Persons who shall be found offending herein.
“By His Excellency the Governor’s Command,
“J.T. CAMPBELL, SECRETARY.”
31st of March 1821:
“WHEREAS the Progress of Buildings towards their completion, and consequently the Enlargement and Improvement of the Town of Sydney, and the comfortable Accommodation of the Inhabitants of the Colony in general, are much delayed and frequently altogether neglected by Means of the weighty Expence [sic] attending the Procuring suitable Timber for Buildings and Furniture, owing to the Duty levied thereon; and it being an Object of much Importance to encourage the Increase of good and comfortable Buildings throughout the Colony, instead of throwing difficulties in the Way of their being undertaken and completed; - HIS EXCELLENCY the GOVERNOR, actuated by these Considerations, is pleased to notify, order, and direct, that from and after the first of April next ensuing, the Duty on Timber, the Growth of this Colony, whether for Home Use or Exportation, shall cease to be levied, until such Time as His majesty’s Pleasure shall be made known thereon.
“It is however ordered and directed, that no Person shall send Parties to Illawarra, or elsewhere, to procure such Timber, without having previously obtained a Licence for doing so, in like Manner as has been heretofore required; - And it is further ordered and directed, that Applications for Licenses, for cutting Timber, shall be accompanied with a List of the Names of the Persons to be employed in such Service, together with a Specification of the Quantity required, and of the Place at which it is proposed to obtain it.
“Any Person convicted of acting contrary to the Regulations herein laid down, by falling or removing Timber, will be subjected to a Penalty of One Hundred Pounds, for each Offence so by him or her committed.
“Applications to be sent to the Office of the COLONIAL SECRETARY.
“By His Excellency the Governor’s Command,
“F. GOULBURN, Colonial Secretary.”
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