Cart License book & Maley family Ledger

1887
Overview

Journal with dark blue covers and leather binding to spine with LEDGER in gilt. Marbled end papers. Grey pages with blue horizontal lines and 7 pink vertical lines forming 7 columns. Pages numbered in top corner 1 -166. Pages 94-157 have been removed. Hand-written entries in ink.

Historical information

This ledger was kept by J.S. Maley at Greenough and provides a list of cart owners at Greenough for 1887, as well as the Maley family accounts for their private house and the Golden Sheaf Hotel. It also includes accounts from a wood cutter named Ah Vay.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-72-GMOB1145
Item type
Material
Width
225 mm
Height or length
330 mm
Depth
24 mm
Inscriptions and markings

pages 1-31 contain details of vehicles owned by residents of Greenough in 1887 and the fees they paid.
page 32 contains purchases for the Maley family private home between 1/03/1889 and 1/06/1889.
page 33 contains purchases for the Maley owned hotel between 1/03/1889 and 1/06/1889.
page 34 contains purchases for the Maley family stables between 5/03/1889 and 6/01/1890.
page 35 contains purchases for the Maley family fat pigs between 9/03/1889 and 25/03/1889.
page 36 lists meat killed for the Maley family between 1/03/1889 and 6/03/1890.
page 37 contains purchases for the Maley owned hotel stables between 7/03/1889 and 25/05/1890.
pages 38-41 contain purchases for the Maley family private home between 10/06/1890 and 25/06/1890.
page 41 (right side) contains purchases for the Maley family stables between 16/02/1891 and 28/05/1891.
pages 42-45 are blank.
pages 46-51 contain purchases for the Maley owned hotel between 10/06/1890 and 1/06/1889.
page 51 (right side) contains purchases for the Maley family stables between 16/02/1892 and 11/02/1893.
page 52 contains purchases for the Maley owned hotel between 1/10/1892 and 3/08/1893.
page 53 (left side) contains purchases for the Maley family stables between 3/04/1893 and 14/03/1894.
page 53 (right side) contains purchases for the Maley owned hotel stables between 24/03/1893 and 30/09/1893.
page 54 (left side) contains purchases for the Maley owned hotel between 13/09/1893 and 14/03/1894.
page 54 (right side) contains purchases for the Maley owned hotel stables between 10/10/1893 and 14/03/1894.
page 55 is blank
pages 56-61 contain information about the Fowl, Ducks & Geese account for 1894-95. Also, page 63 (1895).
pages 62-92 are blank.
page 93 (left side) contains Ah Vay's account for 1898-99 - purchases v. cords of wood cut.
page 157 (right side) contains J S Maley & Sons Drapery account.
page 165 (right side) has F.W. Maley's Dongarra account from 14/02/1890 to 22/05/1890.
page 166 (right side) has information about a horse, Highland Laddie.

Contextual Information

The book provides information on cart owners at Greenough in 1887 (the year before the great flood). It also provides evidence of a Chinese worker at Greenough in 1898.

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