It would seem to be cheap by today's standards, but in 1859 2 pounds would have been a fair price to pay for locating your wife and child.
£2 REWARD.-I hereby offer Two Pounds reward to any person who will give such information as to the whereabouts of my wife MARY BAXTER; complexion fair to sandy, half tooth out in front, height fivefeet three inches; she has with her a male child twelvemonths old. Please direct THOMAS BAXTER, Picton.
Advertising (1859, March 26). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 1. TROVE
