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Historical Records of New Zealand

List of Tools, Utensils, &c., necessary for the Convicts and Marines intended to proceed to New South Wales

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List of Tools, Utensils, &c., necessary for the Convicts and Marines intended to proceed to New South Wales.

Spades, 1, @, 3s.; shovels, 1, @ 3s.; hoes. 3 for each man, @ 9d.; felling axe, 1, @ 3s.; hatchet, 1, @ 1s.; knife, 1, @ 6d.; each; gimblet, wooden bowls, platters, and spoons, 6d. for each man.

The articles necessary to each man amounts to £ s. d.
12s. 6d., which for 700 men will be 437 10 0
General Stock.
Crosscut saws, 40 @ 10s. each 20 0 0
Hand saws, 1 for every 4 men, @ 5s. each 43 15 0
Frame saws, 40, @ 16s. each 32 0 0
Adzes, 100, @ 2s. each 10 0 0
Broad axes, 100, @ 2s. 6d. each 12 10 0
Hammers, 1 for every 4 men, @ 1s. each 8 15 0
Augers, 140, @ 1s. each 7 0 0
Drawying knives, 140, @ 1s. 7 0 0
Chissels and gouges, 300, @ 7d. each 8 15 0
Planes, 100, @ 2s. 6d. each 12 10 0
Iron forges, anvils, and hammers, 10, @ £3 30 0 0
Grindstones, 30, @ 10s. 6d. each 15 15 0
Wheelbarrows, 40, @ 10s. each 20 0 0
Pickaxes, 50, @ 5s. each 12 10 0
Ploughs, 12, @ £4 each 48 0 0
Iron hand mills, 40, @ £2 each 80 0 0
Coopers’ tools, 10 setts, @ £1 15s. each 17 10 0
Nails of diff’t sizes, @ 2s. 9d. p’r 1,000, ab’t 10 barrels 100 0 0
Spikes, 2,000, @ £1 10s. p’r 100 30 0 0
Hinges, 200 pairs, @ Sd. each 6 13 4
Locks, 100, @ 1s. each 5 0 0
Bar iron, flat and square, 10 ton, @ £17 170 0 0
Glass, 1,000 squares, @ 8d. per doz. 33 6 8
Fishing lines, hooks, nets, needles, twine, &c. 100 0 0
1,268 10 0
Estimate of Clothing to serve a Male Convict for One Year.
£ s. d.
Jackets, 2, @ 4s. 6d. 0 9 0
Woollen drawers, 4, @ 2s. 0 8 0
Hat, 1, @ 2s. 6d. 0 2 6
Shirts, 3, @ 3s. 0 9 0
Worsted stockings, 4 p’r, @ 1s. 0 4 0
Frocks, 3, @ 2s. 3d. 0 6 9
Trousers, 3, @ 2s. 3d. 0 6 9
Shoes, 3, @ 4s. 6d. 0 13 6
£2 19 6

The expence of clothing female convicts may be computed to amount to the same sum.

A proportion for two years to be provided.