Acts and Ordinances of the Governor and Council of New South Wales … of His Excellency Lieut. Gen. Ralph Darling. 1826.

Sydney : Printed by Robert Howe, Government Printer, 1827. Foolscap folio, original grey wrappers with ‘1826’ in ms. to upper wrapper; letterpress printed. Contents: pp. 25-27 (three 1826 Proclamations by Governor Darling), [4] (title-leaf and index for Acts and Ordinances of the Governor and Council of New South Wales … passed during the administration of His Excellency Lieut. Gen. Ralph Darling. 1826. Sydney : printed by Robert Howe, 1827), B9-B19, C21-C29, D39-D51, [1 Index.]; occasional browning, but crisp and clean throughout.

A record of Darling’s administrative activity during 1826, which contains parts only of both Ferguson 1088 and Ferguson 1138, but apparently without other additions. The title of the first Proclamation is:

Proclamation by His Excellency Lieutenant General Ralph Darling, commanding His Majesty’s Forces, Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c. &c. &c. Whereas by an Order of His Majesty in Council … NOW THEREFORE, I, the Governor aforesaid … do issue this my Proclamation, and do hereby appoint PORT MACQUARIE, MORETON BAY, and NORFOLK ISLAND, to be the places, within the said Colony of New South Wales and its Dependencies, to which the several Offenders convicted in New South Wales, and being under Sentence or Order of Transportation, shall be sent or transported. Given under my Hand and Seal, at Government-house, Sydney, this Fifteenth Day of August, One thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, “RALPH DARLING.” By His Excellency’s Command, Alexander McLeay. [1826] (This Proclamation was published in The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 19 August, 1826).