THE NEW COLONY OF VICTORIA, FORMERLY PORT PHILLIP: TOGETHER WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE OTHER BY JOHN FITZGERALD LESLIE FOSTER, Esq., LONDON: TRELAWNEY SAUNDERS, 6, CHARING CROSS. 1851. PREFACE. THE following pages are principally the result of the experience acquired during nearly ten years' residence in Australia. Many of the statistical details have been taken from the last Report of the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, and from the recent valuable work of Mr. Montgomery Martin, upon Port Phillip. The remainder are chiefly collected from official data, and may, in general, be relied upon for their accuracy. sources of information Such may not be access ible to all, and even when they are attainable, it is well known that few are 82524 |