1/2 per cent. from 1000l. upwards; and for a man to keep
possession, 2s. 6d. per day for five days.--Fees on civil
actions: a writ, or warrant of execution, above 10l. and not
exceeding 20l., 10s., to the judge advocate's clerk 1s.; ditto
above 20l. and not exceeding 50l., with 1s. to clerk, 16s.; ditto
above 50l. and with 2s. to clerk, 1l. 2s. Capias, for any sum not
exceeding 30l., 13s.; ditto, above 30l. and not exceeding 50l.,
17s.; and all above 50l., 1l. 2s. Summonses, under 40s., 4d.;
above that sum, 6d. Witnesses, travelling from Hawkesbury to
Sydney, 10s.; ditto, from Sydney to Hawkesbury, 10s.; to Sydney
from Parramatta 5s., and back again the same sum; attending the
court each day 2s. 6d.--Fees to secretary's clerks, receiving no
salary: free pardons 5s. conditional ditto 2s. 6d.; and, on each
person leaving the colony by certificate, 2s. 6d.

_Female Stock_--prohibited to be sent from the territory,
or its dependencies, under the same penalty as for breach of
orders.--Female stock prohibited to be killed, under the penalty
of 20L. to informer, and two months hard labour for the
crown.

_Fires_--No person to fire stubble, until his neighbours
are warned and prepared; penalty, by action, remuneration of all
damages: also, no person to smoke pipes, or make fires, near a
stack, under the penalty of exemplary punishment.

_Fire-arms_--forbid to be discharged between sun-set and
sun-rise, under the penalty of a breach of general orders.

_Fines_.--Persons removed to different settlements for
misdemeanour, not to return until the expiration of sentence,
under penalty of corporal punishment.

_Foreigners_--not permitted to settle or reside in the
colony, without permission.

_Forgery_--subject to prosecution on a written, as well
as on a printed form of note of hand; and persons concealing such
offence, will be subject to the same penalty as persons
compounding felony.

_Fort Philip_.--Every person cautioned from purchasing,
repairing, or building huts, near the Esplanade, the limits of
which are to be explained by the assistant engineer.

_Fustic_--growing at Newcastle, and its vicinity, forbid
to be cut without permission from the governor.

_Goats_--not to be suffered to range without a herd,
under penalty of being forfeited to Orphans.

_Grants of Land_--forbidden to be transferred within the
term of five years, under the penalty of their being
cancelled.

_Grants and Leases_--of buildings er