Collection 18: Proclamations, Escaped convicts

SAFE/D 356/vol. 18

sub-fonds

1838, 1843-1845, 1850, 1855

966910

Microfilm : CY 1118, frames 540-570

0.06 metres of textual material (2 volumes) - printed

1. Principal Superintendent of convicts. Quarterly return of convicts absconded and not apprehended, from January 1-March 31, 1838. Sydney, June 1, 1838.
Gives names of convict, age, ship, native place, trade, appearance, from whom absconded and date of gazette. [CY 1118, frame 543]
2. Principal Superintendent of convicts. Quarterly return of convicts absconded and not apprehended, from January 1-March 31, 1844. Sydney, June 12, 1844.
Gives names of convict, age, ship, native place, trade, appearance, from whom absconded and date of gazette. [CY 1118, frame 544]
3. Daniel Priest and John Smith, runaway convicts; reward poster. £100 reward, V.D.L.. May 9, 1845 (Ferguson: F4184) [CY 1118, frame 545]
4. John Fisher, runaway convict; reward poster. Hobart, 19 June, 1838. Reward = 100 sovereigns. 8 copies. [CY 1118, frame 547]
5. Martin Cash, George Jones and Lawrence Kavenagh, runaway convicts. Reward poster. Hobart, 19 January, 1843. Reward = 50 sovereigns. [CY 1118, frame 555]
6. Comptroller-General’s Office, Convict Department, V.D.L. List of absconders with a description of each; also a list of convicts apprehended. 10 July, 1855 [CY 1118, frame 559]
7. Comptroller-General’s Office, Hobart. Half-yearly return of runaway convicts, 1 January 1844. Gives names and descriptions of all convicts reported absconded since the beginning of transportation to Van Diemen’s Land and still unaccounted for. [CY 1118, frame 560]
8. Comptroller-General’s Office, Hobart. Half-yearly return of runaway convicts, 1 July, 1850. Gives names and descriptions of all convicts who have been reported at the Comptroller-General’s Office since 1 January, 1830. [CY 1118, frame 561]
9. £70 reward offered for the capture of the six runaway convicts who robbed Mr. Mudie’s house in the Hunter River District. (Ferguson: F1684) [CY 1118, frame 568]

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This is volume 18 of a collection of 20 volumes of proclamations held at D 356/1-20. A preservation microfilm copy is available at CY 1118 (frames 1-616).
Preservation microfilm copy of D 356/1-20 (CY 1118), made Oct. 1987.