NRS-1269 | Land and stock returns: Van Diemen's Land

These returns are for Hobart and Port Dalrymple, and they record more information than the mainland returns. In all of the volumes the following information is given: name, grant or lease, by whom granted, leased or located; number of acres in wheat, barley, peas or beans, potatoes; total number of acres held, number of horses, male and female; horned cattle, male and female; sheep, male and female; grain on hand in bushels - wheat and barley; victualled or not victualled from the public stores - proprietor, wife, children, government servants; number of free men employed; total number in family, remarks. Occasionally additional details are included. 1819-20, 1822 (4/1235.3, X740, 4/1235.9, 4/1235.12). 4 vols. Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.