1826.	New South Wales. 	ISSUE OF DUPLICATE CERTIFICATES TO BE RESTRICTED 	
	
	Government Notice		Colonial Secretarys Office
					Sydney. 25th January 1826.
	CERTIFICATES OF FREEDOM AND TICKETS OF LEAVE
	Whereas His Excellency the Governor has Reason to believe that an 
	improper Use is made of Certificates of Freedom, and Tickets-of-
	Leave,of which the Persons entitled to them either voluntarily
	dispose or carelessly allow themselves to be deprived: Notice is
	hereby given, that no Duplicate Certificate of Freedom, or Ticket
	of Leave,will be granted in future, unless the Party applying for
	it produce satisfactory Proof of the Original having been destroyed,
	or lost,without any Fault or Neglect on the Part of the Owner; and
	that the Affidavit of the Party to this Effect will not be sufficient.
	The Magistrates are requested to give all possible Publicity to this 
	Notice in their respective Districts. 
					By His Excellency's Command.
					(signed) Alexander McLeay.
	(source: Sydney Gazette; 01 1826)

	
1826.	New South Wales		Tickets-of-Leave Issue Temporarily Suspended
	Government Notice.		Colonial Secretary's Office
					May 2nd 1826
	The Impositions which are practised in Order to obtain
	Tickets of Leave, and the Facility with which Individuals,
	of the worst Character, obtain Certificates, as "honest,
	sober, and industrious" Persons, have rendered it necessary
	to suspend the Issue of 'Tickets of Leave" until some
	Arrangements more effectual than the present can be 
	established.Applications for Tickets of Leave cannot,
	therefore, be acted on, until the present Regulations are
	Revised.
			By Command of His Excellency the Governor
			Alexander McLeay.
			(Source: Sydney Gazette; May 6th 1826)

	
1826.	New South Wales		Tickets-of-Leave Proposed Amended Regulations
	Newspaper Notice		Sydney Gazette, Nov.8th 1826

	OUTLINE OF AN ARRANGEMENT FOR GRANTING TICKETS OF LEAVE

 1st.	Qualification.
	     (Period of transportation - 7 Years)
	      Having served four years with one master, or five years with two
	     (Period of Transportation - 14 years)
	      Having served Six years with one master, eight years with two,
              or ten yers with three. 
             (Period of Transportation - Life)
	      Having served Eight years with one master; ten years with two, or
              twelve years with three  .

2nd. Change of service from circumstances which do not attach blame to the
individual, if duly certified, not to be bar to the indulgence.

3rd. Prisoners, in the immediate employ of Government, to be considered
eligible under the above Regulations.

4th. The apprehension of two runaways, having been absent not less than 
forty-eight hourse; one bushranger or felon; or bringing to justice a receiver of 
stolen properpty, to be deemed equivalent to a period of six months faithful service.

5th.The above period to be increased in proportion for any additional
number of offenders who many be brought to justice.

6th. Prisoners eligible, under the above Regulations, to receive a "Ticket of Leave"
to address themselves to the nearest Bench of Magistrates, at stated periods.
The Magistrates will strictly investigate the merits of the respective applicants, and, 
to the end, will refer to the Benches of the Districts in which the prisoners may have 
previously resided.

7th. Should the master of the applicant consider him undeserving the indulgence,
it will be his duty to represent the circumstances to the Magistrates, though the
master's certificate to the contrary will no longer be an indispensable preliminary
to a servant's receiving a "Ticket of Leave".

8th. Returns of approved applicants to be made up, periodically, by the several
Benches of Magistrates, and forwarded to the Principal Superintendant of Convicts,
in order to their being compared with the registers in his office, and submitted
to the Governor.

9th."Tickets of Leave" to be granted for particular districts only, except in the
case of distinguished public services, or of other special circumstances.

10th. The "Tickets' to be registered by the Bench of the District in which the
individual resides.

11th. The "Ticket of Leave Men" to be mustered quarterly, or half-yearly, by the
nearest Magistrate, who will give each individual a certificate, and transmit to the Bench 
the names of the several men mustered by him, in order to their being noted accordingly.

12th. "Tickets of Leave Men" residing within four or five miles of a place of
divine worship, to attend every Sunday. Those who repeatedly neglect to do so,to be 
deprived of their ticket.

13th. The Governor's permission must be obtained for removing from one district
to another. In case of its being granted, the change of residence to be noted on the 
Ticket by the Colonial Secretary, who will signify the same to the Bench in which the 
individuals reside.

14th. Magistrates may grant passes to men holding "Tickets of Leave" for any
period not exceeding one month. The pass to be returned, at the expiration of the period, 
or the indulgence must not be repeated.

15th."Tickets of Leave Men" who apprehend runaways, or bushrangers, or give
information on which shall lead to the conviction of receivers of stolen property,
or of persons harbouring prisoners, to be rewarded by an extension of their Tickets 
to two or more districts.

16th. No "Ticket of Leave" man will be considered eligible to receive a Conditional
Pardon, who cannot produce the most satisfactory testimonials of uninterrupted good conduct 
for a period of six years from the date of his "Ticket of Leave".

"We shall see what our contemporaries, as well as the correspondents of the day,
will have to offer on this contemplated Regulation.- Ed".

	
1827.	New South Wales		Tickets-of-Leave Regulations Amended.Government Order
Government Order		 Colonial Secretary's Office, 1st Jan. 1827
Tickets of Leave		(order No.1).

His Excellency the Governor is pleased to direct the Publication of the following 
REGULATIONS for granting "Tickets of Leave", and the Conduct of Men obtaining that 
Indulgence: and His Excellency requests, that the Magistrates and other Persons 
charged with carrying this Measure into effect, will carefuly attend tothe several 
Particulars herein required.

1st. Persons, transported for any of the following Periods, will be considered eligible 
to hold  Ticket of Leave under the Stipulations hereafter specified; viz.
Transports for Seven Years	Having served 4 years with one of 5 years wih two master
Transports for Fourteen Years	Having served 6 years with one, 8 years with twon, or
                                10 years with three Masters.
Transport for Life		Having served 8 years with one, 10 years with two, or
				12 years with three Masters.

2d. Prisoners will be considered eligible, though the Number of masters, whom they have 
served, may exceed the Number above specified, provided it shall clearly appear that 
their Removal from their Places was not ocasioned by Misconduct.

3d. Prisoners, in the immediate Employ of Government, will be considered eligible to 
receive a Ticket of Leave, under these Regulations, the same as those in the Service 
of Individuals. In the Event of government requiring their Services, after they have 
received their Tickets of Leave, they will be allowed Wages according to their 
Qualifications, during the Periods they may be retained.

4th. Any Prisoner, who shall apprehend Two Runaways, having been absent not less than 
48 Hours from the Service of their Employers, or One Bushranger or Person guilty of 
Felony, or who shall bring to Justice a Fellow-servant who had robbed his Master, shall 
be allowed a Deduction of Six Months from the above Period. 
And any Prisoner who shall bring to Conviction a Receiver of stolen Property shall be 
allowed a Deduction of 12 Months from his Period of Service; the Conviction of two 
Receivers shall be equivalent to two Years Service; and bringing to Justice three 
Receivers of Stolen Property shall render a Prisoner eligible immediately to receive a 
Ticket of Leave.

5th. The Period of Six Months, on Account of the Services above specified, will be 
extended in Proportion to any greater Number of the said Description of offenders who 
may be apprehended and brought to Justice.

6th7th.The Merits of the respective Applicants are to be strictly investigated.Where 
necessary,Reference must be made to the Benches of those Districts in which the 
Applicants may have formerly resided.

8th. Should the Master of any Prisoner, applying for a Ticket of Leave, consider the 
Applicant undeserving the Indulgence, he should state the Circumstance, in Writing, to 
the Bench. A Certificate of good Conduct from the Master is not, however, to be 
considered indispensable to a Servant's obtaining a Ticket of Leave.

9th. The several Benches will forward,once every month,to the Principal Superintendent
of Convicts in Sydney, a List (according to Form which will be furnished) of the 
Individuals whom they consider eligible to receive a Ticket of Leave. The Superintendent 
will examine the Registers in his Office,and refer,in such Cases as may appear necessary, 
to the Police Office in Sydney, and will forward the Magistrates' Lists, with his Report, 
to be submitted to the Governor.

10th. The Colonial Secretary will notify the Governor's Decision to the respective
Benches, and will forward the Tickets in Order to their being registered and distributed 
to the  respective Individuals.

11th. Tickets of Leave, except in the Case of meritorious public Services,or other 
special Circumstances, will be grated for one District only.

12th. Men,holding Tickets of Leave,who shall apprehend Two Runaways,or one Bushranger 
or Person guilty of Felony; or shall give Information which shall lead to the Conviction 
of a Receiver of stolen Property, or of a Person harbouring a Prisoner of the Crown, shall 
have his Ticket of Leave extended to one or more Districts, according to the Circumstances 
of the Case.

13th.The Benches are authorised to grant Passes for any Period,not exceeding One 
Month, to any man holding a Ticket of Leave, to proceed from one District to another; but 
no one is to remove from the District in which he is registered, without the Governor's 
Permission,which will be notified to the Benches of Magistrates immediately concerned. 
The Passes are to express the Object for which they are granted, and are to be returned 
to the Benches at the Expiration of the Period, or the Indulgence must not be repeated.

14th.All Ticket of Leave Men are to be mustered quarterly;that is,between the 1st & 
15th Days of January,April,July and October in each Year,by the Benches of the Districts 
in which they reside; and the Names of those,who shall fail to present themselves at the 
appointed Time,are to be reported to the Colonial Secretary,in order to their Tickets 
being cancelled.

15th. Ticket of Leave Men, who habitually neglect to attend Divine Worship,will be 
deprived of their Tickets. Those who reside in the Towns, or within five miles of a 
Place affording them an Opportunity of performing their religious Duties, and shall 
neglect to attend, are to be reported by the Magistrates, or other Persons, to the 
Colonial Secretary, when due Notice will be taken of their Conduct.

15 (sic).Holding a Ticket of Leave for a Period of Six Years,will be a Recommendation 
to the Individual's receiving a Conditional pardon.

By His Excellency's Command
Alexander McLeay.
Sydney Gazette. Jan 2nd 1827.

	
1828.	New South Wales. 	Ticket of Leave Musters	
	
	Government Notice		Colonial Secretarys Office
					Sydney. June 14th 1828.
	HIS Excellency the Governor is pleased to direct, that all
	Prisoners of the Crown, holding Tickets of Leave, or any
	other Indulgence from the Government, shall report to the
	Principal Superintendent of Police their Names and Places of
	Abode, if in Sydney or its Neighbourhood, on the 30th of June,
	30th of September,31st December and 31st of March,in each Year. 
					By His Excellency's Command.
					(signed) Alexander McLeay.
	(source: Sydney Gazette;June 20th 1828)

	
1829.  Tasmania.	Tickets-of-Leave To Be Issued in Regional Districts
			(saving convicts from 'lingering' around the settled
			districts and from having to travel to major towns).
	Government Notice.
	"All convicts holding Tickets of Leave are directed to appear on the 
	1st February next, at the Police Office of the District in which they 
	respectively reside, for the purpose of being mustered by the Police 
	Magistrate, on this occasion the Police Magistrate will endorse on the
	Ticket the residence of the Convict,who will not subsequently be permitted 
	to change his abode,without the special authority  of the same Police 
	Magistrate.This course will obviate the necessity of Ticket of Leave
	men proceeding to Hobart Town and Launceston periodically as heretofore, 
	and with the Monthly District Muster,prescribed by the existing Regulation, 
	will enable the Police Magistrate to ascertain the occupation, habits and 
	connexions of a class of men whom the Lieutenant Governor confidentally
	expects are useful to the Community, and are gradually preparing themselves 
	for having those privelages restored to them which have been forfeited by 
	the Crimes.
				(source: Launceston Advertiser. Jan. 16 1829)

		
1829 	N.S.W. 			Female Convicts T-O-L Regulations modified
	Government Order. No 10.	Colonial Secretarys Office.
					Sydney March 17th 1829.
	With a view of encouraging good behaviour among Female 
	Convicts,His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to 
	direct, that the existing Regulations relative to the
	granting of Tickets of Leave shall be modified with respect
	to them, and that they shall be allowed that indulgence,
	after the following Periods of uninterrupted good Conduct
	in Service, in the Married State, or as Monitresses in
	the Factory .viz.
			A female Under Sentence
			for 7 years,	after 2 years
			for 14 years,	after 3 years
			for Life,	after 4 years.
	Women returned to the First Class of the factory will not
	be considered as having forfeited their Claim to a Ticket
	of Leave, as a Return to this Class implies that the
	individual has not been guilty of any Fault.
	Hhis Excellency requests that settlers and others, who have
	obtained Female Servants, will forward their Applications,
	in the prescribed Form, to the nearest Bench of Magistrates
	in order to their being reported on in the way required for
	male comvicts, and that the Magistrates will pay early
	attention to them.
			By His Excellency's Command.
			Alexander McLeay.		"
			(source: Sydney Gazete.March 4,1829)

		
1829 	N.S.W. 		Ticket of Leave Fees No Longer Charged
			reveals practices of corrupt officials

	Government Order No 11.		Colonial Secretarys Office
					18th March 1829.
	His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct that
	the Fee of Two Shillings and Eight Pence, which has been
	usually received from Convicts obtaining Tickets of Leave,
	shall not be paid in future, the Magistrates are requested
	to communicate personally to the Individuals, who receive
	Tickets of Leave, that they are not to pay any Fee whatso-
	ever.
	2. There being also reason to apprehend that Money has been
	exacted from Individuals, under Pretence of obtaining
	Indulgences for them, and facilitating their Applications,
	His Excellency the Governor further requests that the
	Magistrates will take an opportunity of guarding Individuals
	against such Imposition, and will report when any Person
	shall be detected in practices of this Nature, in order that
	he may be dismissed from Employment.
			By His Excellency's Command.
			Alexander McLeay.	"
			(source: Sydney Gazete. 4th March 1829)

	
1833.  Tasmania.	 Tickets of Leave cancelled if not collected

	Government Notice. 			February 1833
	Considerable inconvenience having arisen to the public service, 
	from convicts not taking up their Tickets-of-Leave when they have 
	been gazetted, it is hereby notified, that all tickets of leave 
	not taken up within one month from the period of their being granted, 
	will be cancelled, and all convicts leaving their masters' service 
	without being in possession of their ticket of leave will be treated 
	as being illegally at large "

	
1844.  Tasmania.	 Muster Regulations changed for Ticket of Leave Men

	Newspaper:Editor's Opinion		March 1844
	Muster of Ticket of Leave Men.
	Sir Eardley Wilmot has rendered real service to the colony by doing away
	with the Monthly Muster of Ticket-of-Leave Men, which was unnecessary for
	the ends of convict discipline, and always occasioned such inconvenience
	to masters, and not unfrequently disgrace to many of the men who unwittingly
	yielded to the temptations consequent upon a general muster in town.
	In future, Ticket-of-Leave Men will be required to muster three times each
	years, viz; the 1st Sunday in November, March and July.

		
1844 	N.S.W. 1844.N.S.W.   an example of a Ticket of Leave.