New South Wales : Its Present State and Future Prospects (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. Brief review of the policy hitherto pursued by the parent government towards the Colony of New South Wales; 2. Of transportation to New South Wales; its past inefficiency exemplified by the progressive increase and actual extent of crime in the Colony; chief causes of this state of things; remedial measures by which transportation may be made more efficient, or may be gradually discontinued; 3. Of the local jury law of New South Wales. Additional note on the jury law; 4. Of courts of justice; tenure of judicial office; magistracy; Legislative Council; titles to landed property from the Crown; applicability of British statutes; municipal bodies; 5. Of voluntary emigration to New South Wales, as it affects the interests both of the parent country and of the Colony; 6. Of the general resources of the Colony and of its future prospects. Additional note on the general state of the Colony at the period of the latest advices (February, 1837); 7. Of the means of education and religious instruction in New South Wales. Additional notes; 8. Recapitulation of the principal legislative and administrative measures recommended in the foregoing chapters. Conclusion; Appendix.