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DISTRICT OF NEW ENGLAND
which was found to be twenty five per cent per annum.

The Sheep were removed to Country better adapted for Sheep farming, which lay
to the north in the New district of Burnett Situated about two hundred & thirty miles
from the Station he occupied in New England, where it is Considered the loss in Sheep will
be less first from the open nature of the Country, & the deaths fewer from the Climate being
more suitable. If this will tturn out to be the Case, the removal will be of Consequence
to him, as the payment for the Shepherding & the rations Supplied to the Watchmen, &
Shepherds on this twenty per cent alone on his deaths & also lost Sheep yearly, must
necessilarly not only be discouraging but ruinous

This gentleman I am happy to State has done well in Burnett district

STATE OF PROPERTY IN SYDNEY MARKET
1850
The embarrassed State of the Colony during the year 1843 Caused much property
to change hands, Sheep were then Sold at from Six pence, to nine pence
a head, and an instance of land with buildings on it at three Shillings
& Six pence an acre. The years intervening 1843 & 1850 property in
land & Stock was at a low figure.    The withdrawal of English Capital
from the Colony, together with the Sparing assistance rendered by the
Banks to the Colonists, placed them on their own resources, To avert
great sacrifices the Colonists had recourse to temporary Leins on wool
& Mortgages on Stock, these have been effected very generally in every
part of the Country, even with this assistance when property was sold
during the yesr 1850 it was sold at a sacrifice

QUANTITY OF WHEAT REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE
Five pecks or a bushel & a quarter is generally Sown in the district of New England, where the Soil
is thin & poor a little more seed is frequently added to the above quantity ---