<mods:mods xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" version="3.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-0.xsd"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>James Belbin letter, Van Diemen's Land, 1840</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">J</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Belbin</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>Draft of letter signed by James Belbin, on the 12th September 1840, in answer to an enquiry about taxes and fees for inspecting cattle, and dues for slaughtering at the Government slaughter houses, of which he took charge in 1821.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">430100 Historical Studies</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">1840</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Materials Collection</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Other</mods:genre></mods:mods>