Van Diemen’s Land Company : Report to the thirtieth yearly general meeting, 1855. by VAN DIEMEN'S LAND COMPANY

London: Printed by George Woodfall, 1833. In fine condition, as issued.. Octavo, 8 pp., unbound as issued, top edges unopened. Not originally noted by Ferguson, who did record the report of the eighth "Yearly General Meeting" that had taken place in March of the same year. The Ferguson Addenda volume locates two Tasmanian institutional copies and another in South Australia. The Van Diemen's Land Company, major land-owner and farming corporation in Tasmania, is still in business today if considerably reduced in size, and is "widely believed to be the last Australian chartered company still operating". It was founded in 1825 by a group of London merchants who planned a wool growing venture to supply the needs of the British industry and markets. Edward Curr was appointed as their chief agent, arriving back in Hobart in 1826. Large scale plans were put into place for sheep-rearing on the Company's huge grant at Surrey Hills, but the attempts failed over the first years of the 1830s with cold weather… Read More

London: George Woodfall, 1837. First and only edition. 8vo. pp. 11; sewn as issued in original titling wrappers. The Van Diemen's Land Company, established by Act of Parliament, and incorporated by Royal Charter, comprised a group of London businessmen who managed a large tract of land in north west Tasmania on a for-profit basis. The land, centred on Circular Head, formed the basis for a dairy herd, and the present report lists some of the changes of the previous year. It also provides a list of sales of livestock, a list of directors, and expresses their 'great satisfaction in being able to inform the Proprietors that Captain SirJohn Franklin, R.N., recently appointed Lieutenant-governor of Van Diemen's Land, and who sailed for the Colony in September last, expressed himself favourably disposed towards the objects of the Company' (p. 10). .