This is the Public Order re the 1819 Muster- "Where were you ?" would be asked of any neighbour not turning up!
Government House, Hobart Town, Saturday, September 18th, 1819.
A GENERAL MUSTER of the Whole of the Inhabitants (Civil Officers and Military excepted) will take Place in the different Districts of the Settlement on the Derwent on the Days herein-after-mentioned, under the Inspection of His Honor the LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
In George's Square, Hobart Town, on Monday and Tuesday, October 11 and 12th, all the Free Men of every Description on and off the Stores residing in Hobart Town and adjacent Districts on this side of the River, including Queenborough to Brown's River and North West Bay downwards, and New Town and its Environs as far as the Black Snake upwards.
On, Wednesday, 13th all the Free Women of every Description on and off the Stores in the same Districts.
On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 14, 15, and 16th, all the Male Prisoners on and of the Stores in the same Districts, includingTicket of Leave Men.
On Monday and Tuesday, October 18 and 19th, all the Female Prisoners on and off theStores in the same Districts.
At District Constable Kimberly's, ClarencePlains, on Wednesday, October 20th, the Whole of every Description of Free Men and Women on and off the Stores, and of all Maleand Female Prisoners on and off the Stores, in Clarence Plains, the Lagoon District, and District of Kangaroo Point.
At B. Reardon's, Pitt Water, on Friday, Octo- ber 22d, the Whole of every Description ofFree Men and Women on and off the Stores, in the District of Pitt Water, with New Plains and the Carleton.
On Saturday, October 23d, all the Male and Female Prisoners, Tickets of Leave included, within the said Districts.At the Coal River, near the Scite of the Hutformerly Mrs. Sargeant's, on Monday, Octo- ber 25th, the Whole of every Description of Free Men and Women on and off the Stores, and all Male and Female Prisoners, Tickets of Leave included, on and off the Stores, in the Districts of the Coal River, the Duck Holes, &c.Herdsmen's Cove,
on Wednesday, October29th, the Whole of every Description of Free Men and Women, and of Male and Female Prisoners, Tickets of Leave included, in the District and Vicinity of Herdsmen's Cove, Green Point, Black Brush, Old Beach, Tea- tree Brush, Dromedary Creek, Bagdad, Green- water Holes, Cross Marsh, Jericho, Rope Walk, and Spring Hill, including all Stock- keepers as far as York Plains and the Macquarie River.
At Elizabeth, Town, New Norfolk, on Monday, November aft, all the Free Men and Women, on and off the Stores, in the District of New Norfolk, the Back Settlement, and District of Melvill ; also those resident at the Fat Doe River, the Rivers Plenty and Styx,Stony-hut Plains, and all Out-stations and Stockyards in that Quarter. On Tuesday, November 2d, all the Male and Female Prisoners, Tickets of Leave included,within the same Districts.
The Muster will begin at Ten o'clock in the Morning at the Places and on the Days stated. At all these Musters the Free Women, as well those who came Free to this Colony as those who are Free by Absolute of Conditional Pardon, and by Expiration of Sentence, are to give in the Names and Ages of their Chil- dren. All Female Prisoners are also to give in the Names and Ages of their Children. And all Persons, Male and Female, whose Sentences have expired, are desired to bring their Certificates :-Those who have received Pardons and Emancipations are also to pro- duce them, and all Tickets of Leave to be ex-hibited.
The Settlers and Holders of Land and Stock will give in an Account of their Land io Culti- vation, together with the Stock and Grain in their Possession.
It being impossible for the Musters to be taken accurately without the personal Attendance of all herein described, it is the LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S positive Orders that every Person comprised within this Order do personally attend ; and any who act in Disobedience will incur immediate Forfeiture of all present and an Exclusion from all future indulgences ; and all Persons who have People in their Employ, who are comprised in this Order, are required to warn them to attend at the Times and Places specified, for the several Districts in which they reside ; and no Returns will be received from any Persons of those in their Employ, the personal Attend- ance of all being strictly enjoined.
All Public Officers will make a Return of the Land and Stock in their Possession ; and in Order that all Stock-keepers may have opportunity of attending these Musters at the Place most convenient to their Employers, they are allowed to attend on any of the Days of Muster at the Place and Distroct most convenient to their Grazing-ground.
