Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables
- Preface
- 1 The social structure of British hegemony
- PART I THE COLONIAL ECONOMY ENTERS THE WORLD MARKET (1788–1830)
- PART II THE SQUATTING PHASE OF PASTORALISM (1830s AND 1840s)
- PART III CONFRONTING THE AGRARIAN QUESTION (1840–1900)
- APPENDIXES
- 1 Selected land purchases from the county register, 1831–1835
- 2 Differentiation among squatters by land possession and stock, 1844
- 3 Statement showing the difference between convict and free labor
- 4 Wool exports from New South Wales, 1822–1849
- 5 Statements concerning profitability of pastoral enterprise, 1842 and 1844
- 6 Letter (draft) to Henry Dangar, squatter, from R. Campbell Jnr. and Co., Sydney, 1840
- 7 Correspondence: Edward Curr to Niel Black, 1847
- 8 Memo of English capitalists on behalf of squatters, 1845
- 9 Memo from London merchants concerning pastoral labor supply, 1847
- 10 Memo regarding wire fencing, by Jesse Gregson
- References
- Index
6 - Letter (draft) to Henry Dangar, squatter, from R. Campbell Jnr. and Co., Sydney, 1840
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables
- Preface
- 1 The social structure of British hegemony
- PART I THE COLONIAL ECONOMY ENTERS THE WORLD MARKET (1788–1830)
- PART II THE SQUATTING PHASE OF PASTORALISM (1830s AND 1840s)
- PART III CONFRONTING THE AGRARIAN QUESTION (1840–1900)
- APPENDIXES
- 1 Selected land purchases from the county register, 1831–1835
- 2 Differentiation among squatters by land possession and stock, 1844
- 3 Statement showing the difference between convict and free labor
- 4 Wool exports from New South Wales, 1822–1849
- 5 Statements concerning profitability of pastoral enterprise, 1842 and 1844
- 6 Letter (draft) to Henry Dangar, squatter, from R. Campbell Jnr. and Co., Sydney, 1840
- 7 Correspondence: Edward Curr to Niel Black, 1847
- 8 Memo of English capitalists on behalf of squatters, 1845
- 9 Memo from London merchants concerning pastoral labor supply, 1847
- 10 Memo regarding wire fencing, by Jesse Gregson
- References
- Index
Summary
Henry Dangar, Esq.
Dear Sir,
In our present extreme distress for money we are anxious to obtain Bills for Discount – and we therefore enclose you a statement of our accounts against you, as regards cash and overdue bills – and we enclose two Bills for your good depositors … please return to us with as little Delay as possible – Your Wool may probably arrive in time to provide for them – We have charged you 12% interest on all these transactions which is now the Bank rate on overdue bills and renewals, and which we are obliged to charge you to save ourselves from loss … – We could get the best bills in the colony for discount (if we had money to spare) at 25% Discount and we know that … does a great deal at 40%.
We enclose you the last bill you sent us for renewal and your blank endorsement, check … as we find it impossible to get a Bill discounted for you except at a tremendous rate – Such is the extreme Distress for money just now, that good bills are actually being hawked at Discount of 40% p.a.
You made a good arrangement with us about your wool. We can get any quantity at 1/- per lb. advance or purchase – and good private Bills on London are at a Discount of 5 @ 6%.
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- Settlers and the Agrarian QuestionCapitalism in Colonial Australia, pp. 267Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1984