From Western Post & Mudgee Newspaper Wednesday, October 16, 1861 NOTICE The partnership heretofore existing between the undersigned as millers at Rylstone, under the style of PURVIS and SIMPSON, is THIS DAY DISSOLVED by mutual consent. All liabilities of the firm will be discharged by John PURVIS, and all debts due thereto will be received by George SIMPSON. Signed John PURVIS George SIMPSON Witness: J W HARDWICK Rylstone, October 11 £10 REWARD STOLEN or strayed from Ryalstone, an iron grey piebald HORSE, aged, white face and legs, branded GB conjoined ML conjoined near shoulder. £10 will be given if stolen, on conviction of thief; £1 10s if strayed, on delivery to ABEL WHITE, Ryalstone. THE CENSUS The following is the substance of a paper on the late census, just laid on the table of the Assembly. The return gave the population of every police district in the colony, and the number of Chinese in each district. Police District.Chinese.Population Albury.8.3771 Armidale.267.6630 Balranald.4.2003 Bathurst.2823.17076 Berrima.11.3237 Binnalong.517.13450 Bombala.76.2054 Braidwood.1351.8199 Brisbane Water.-.2346 Broulee.-.1983 Camden, Narellan and Picton.4.8293 Campbelltown.2.2609 Carcoar.1592.4995 Cassilis.45.1060 Cooma.188.3834 Deniliquin.4.1674 Dubbo.46.2959 Dungog.5.2788 Eden.1.2324 Goulburn.22.9824 Grafton.5.3306 Gungagai(stet).96.2386 Hartley.-.2761 Kiama.3.5846 Macdonald River.-.786 Macleay River.4.1063 Maitland.27.18447 Manning River.7.3384 Metropolitan Police District.26.37292 Moama.-.256 Molong.14.18(6?)2 Moulamein.2.463 Mudgee.1534.6578 Murrurundi.10.2083 Muswellbrook and Merton.18.1595 Newcastle.5.7922 Orange.19.2892 Parramatta and Liverpool.45.15756 Paterson.-.2440 Patrick's Plains.16.5584 Penrith.3.5984 Port Macquarie.-.1350 Port Stephens.12.1535 Queanbeyan.30.3612 Raymond Terrace.33.3535 Richmond River.30.1835 Rylstone.19.1471 Scone.24.1528 Shoalhaven.7.4296 Sydney.163.56394 Tamworth.427.4852 Tenterfield.116.1365 Tumut.1172.3410 Wagga Wagga.49.2647 Warialda.164.2148 Wee Waa.6.862 Wellingrove.29.1681 Wellington.1806.4790 Windsor.5.8937 Wollongong.16.6049 Wollombi.-.1888 Yass.5.4425 Shipping.7.1910 ***END*** N.B. All care has been taken to transcribe the above accurately, however errors may have been inadvertently made. Spelling of names/places should be as appears in original. Transcribed from microfilm available from the State Library. Annette Piper Coolah NSW