VPRS 6920 Inward Correspondence Register, Police Magistrate, Port Phillip District (Microfilm Copy of VPRS 3)

This series consists of the register for the correspondence received by Captain W Lonsdale, the Police Magistrate of the Port Phillip District, mainly from the Colonial Secretary and other government officials in Sydney, but also from local private persons.Details given are the progressive number given the piece of correspondence, the date, from whom the letter was received, a summary of the subject of the correspondence and whether it had been filed. Correspondence deals with, in 36/1, the instructions for the formation of the settlement and then with the administration of the new colony and the establishment of government services.A separate register or listing in the volume is of "Papers without any date or year ..". These have been given a running number and are listed primarily by subject, although some of these papers were obviously from private persons with requests or representations. Matters dealt with include plans for public infrastructure, draft resolutions, minutes of meetings, reports and petitions.

本系列档案为菲利普港区（Port Phillip District）治安法官W·朗斯代尔上尉所收往来函件的登记册，其来源主要为悉尼的殖民大臣及其他政府官员，亦包含本地私人寄来的信函。登记信息涵盖函件的逐次编号、收信日期、寄件人、函件主题摘要以及是否已归档的状态。本登记册第36/1分册所涉内容包括殖民地建立的相关指令，以及后续新殖民地的治理与政府服务体系的搭建工作。本卷中另有单独的登记清单，收录“无确切日期或年份的文件”。此类文件已被赋予流水编号，主要按主题排序，其中部分显然为私人寄来的请求或陈诉信函。所涉事项涵盖公共基础设施规划、决议草案、会议纪要、报告及请愿书。