New South Wales Police Fund account, 1821-1822

B 49

fonds

1821-1822

1102888

Microfilm : CY 746

0.01 metres of textual material

Lachlan Macquarie's high respect for Wentworth's probity was shown by his appointing him treasurer of the Police Fund, which was devoted to defraying the expenditure on those public works, gaols, police salaries, and grants which were not financed by the British government. Every three months three-quarters (seven-eighths after 1818) of the colonial revenue, received chiefly from import duties and port dues, were paid into the Police Fund, the balance going to the orphan fund. Wentworth, as treasurer of the former, saw more than £10,000 a year pass through his hands.

In December 1810 he was put in charge of Governor Lachlan Macquarie's newly reformed police force, which he was to control very ably for nearly a decade. In this position he became the chief police magistrate in Sydney, and his daily work on its bench was a heavy burden which he willingly and efficiently carried.
(Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography)

In 1810 Governor Macquarie appointed D’Arcy Wentworth Superintendent of Police, this volume contains documents relating to Police Fund cash accounts.

Pages are headed "Police Account for the quarter commencing the 1st of April, and ending the 30th June 1821". One side are Receipts, and opposite, Expenditure. Continues through to August 1822.

Includes several loose sheets of receipts.

Account headed, Captain Piper to D'Arcy Wentworth, April 24, 1821.

Letter addressed to D'Arcy Wentworth from Nick Henderson, Georges River 6 February 1825.

Possibly receipt or invoice butts. The extended sheet has a watermark of 'New South Wales Private Colonial Currency'. Each butt has number, name, date, and amount.

Folded sheet into an envelope addressed to D'Arcy Wentworth, Treasurer of the Police Fund, Sydney from the Colonial Secretary Office, 8 August 1821.

Receipt, "Received of D. Wentworth the sum of Forty pounds sterling being the amount of Mr. ... commission on the sale of ... John Black 13th July 1822. Possibly a private promissory note.

Bound in velum.

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