Hi Annette, May I join the many who have congratulated, and thanked you for the work you have put into supplying us with the info from the chronicles, I am continually intrigued by them. As a matter of interest I have enclosed two web sites. In most of your reports there are amounts of currency quoted, being English Pounds, the following site allows you to calculate the purchasing power today of those amounts: http://www.eh.net/ehresources/howmuch/poundq.php The next is a currency converter, use the above to obtain the current value in £'s and convert to AUS$.: http://www.xe.net/ucc/ It also occurs to me that there may some out there that wonder how to obtain the £ symbol from the normal keyboard, simply hold down Alt and press 156 on the number pad, and hey presto. regards, Lins.

Not sure how useful this would be, as the value of various goods and services in Australia 150 years was vastly different to the value of corresponding goods and services in Britain, even if the currency was supposedly the same. Also the relevant currency exchange rate has changed a lot. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lin Little" <linlittle@nobbys.net.au> To: <AUS-NSW-PILLIGA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 8:54 PM Subject: Re: Western Post, 8 May 1861 - Small Debts Court Report > Hi Annette, > May I join the many who have congratulated, and thanked > you for the work you have put into supplying us with the info from the > chronicles, I am continually intrigued by them. > As a matter of interest I have enclosed two web sites. In > most of your reports there are amounts of currency quoted, being English > Pounds, the following site allows you to calculate the purchasing power > today of those amounts: > http://www.eh.net/ehresources/howmuch/poundq.php > The next is a currency converter, use the above to obtain > the current value in £'s and convert to AUS$.: > http://www.xe.net/ucc/ > It also occurs to me that there may some out there that > wonder how to obtain the £ symbol from the normal keyboard, simply hold down > Alt and press 156 on the number pad, and hey presto. > regards, > Lins. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >