Copy of a grant of 1,500 acres:--"Whereas full power and
authority for granting lands in the territory of New South Wales are
vested in his Majesty's captain-general and governor-in-chief (or in his
absence the lieutenant-governor for the time being) in and over the said
territory and its dependencies by his Majesty's instructions under the
royal sign manual, bearing date respectively the 25th day of April 1787
and the 20th day of August 1789: In pursuance of the power and authority
vested in me as aforesaid, I do by these presents give and grant unto A.
B. his heirs and assigns, to have and to hold for ever, 1,500 acres of
land lying and situate in the ---- district, Van Diemen's Land, bounded,
&c. &c. &c. &c., to be had and held by him the said A. B. his heirs and
assigns, free from all taxes, quit-rents, and other acknowledgements,
for the space of five years from the date hereof; provided always, and
it is hereby expressed to be understood that the said A. B. the grantee
in these presents named, shall in no ways either directly or indirectly
sell, alienate, or transfer any part or parcel of the land hereby
granted within the said term of five years; and also provided always
that the said A. B. should clear and cultivate, or cause to be cleared
and cultivated, within the said term of five years, the quantity of 75
acres of the said land hereby granted, otherwise the whole of the said
land hereby granted shall revert to the crown, and the grant hereby made
thereof shall be held and deemed null and void, and saving and reserving
to government the right of making a public road through such part of the
said land as may at any time be required: such timber as may be growing
or that may grow hereafter upon the said lands, which may be deemed fit
for naval purposes, to be reserved for the use of the crown; and paying
an annual quit-rent of 30s. after the term or time of five years before
mentioned. In testimony whereof," &c.]

[Footnote 174: It appears to have been followed in the court, lately
instituted in Ireland, for the sale of encumbered estates.]

[Footnote 175: Despatch, 10th June, 1849.]

[Footnote 176: Bastian _v._ Bridger.]

SECTION XII.

A work of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, professed to detect the errors in
British colonisation, and to prescribe a new and more effective
plan.[178] It consisted in selling land at "a sufficient price" to
combine labor and capital, to collect all the elements of civilisat