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LANDS GRANTED LIVE ST0CK.
359
For commons there were devoted (in 1804) in the—
Acres.
Nelson district more than
9,000
Richmond Hill district nearly
6,000
Phillip district about
6,000
Prospect and Seven Hills more than
9,000
Baulkham Hills and North Boundary nearly
4,000
Eastern Farm and Field of Mars about
5,000
The Government occupied at Toongabbe
410
At Castle Hill
700
At Parramatta
300
"exclusive of the ground the towns stand on" (as a précis in King's handwriting informs us). In 1805 the Judge-Advocate notified by command the rights appertaining to commons, and the residentiary trustees throughout the colony. The distribution of land and grants before and during King's government was thus stated by him in 1806:
| Acres Granted and Purchased before 1800. | Acres Granted and Purchased since 1800. | |
| 32 Civil Officers | 7,190 | 7,930 |
| 29 Military and 6 Naval Officers | 10,186 | 10,700 |
| 74 settlers, free, from England | 1,440 | 6,751 |
| 38 from ships | 805 | 4,584 |
| 13 born in the colony and came free | — | 4,668 |
| 80 discharged soldiers and seamen | 2,480 | 5,329 |
| 405 from late convicts | 11,593 | 7,073 |
| Association, 2 officers | 1,930 | 7,000 |
The live stock was estimated thus:—
| Belonging to "The Crown"— | Horses. | Cattle. | Sheep. | Goats. | Pigs. |
| In New South Wales | 34 | 2,158 | 1,068 | — | 191 |
| In Norfolk Island | 5 | 23 | 1,228 | — | 27 |
| In Hobart | 6 | 194 | 225 | — | 4 |
| In Port Dalrymple | 3 | 287 | 200 | — | |
| 48 | 2,662 | 2,721 | — | 222 | |
| To "Individuals"— | |||||
| In New South Wales | 518 | 2,128 | 20,389 | 2,283 | 6,797 |
Many cattle and sheep were stated by the Governor to have been given to settlers, and he recorded dolefully: "1103 cattle purchased; 622 were landed at Port Dalrymple, where 400 died!" The early Governors thus, with scant means, maintained a continual struggle with crime, and with the vicissitudes of nature.