NRS-4529 | Copies of letters to officials and private individuals

Copies of letters covering a variety of subjects including land grants, cultivation, convicts and assigned servants, church property, various regulations, applications for appointments and salary increases, commissariat stores, native affairs, exploration, bushrangers, and court sentences. The earlier volumes refer also to Van Diemen's Land, the Lieutenant Governor there being one of the chief recipients. The later volumes deal with rather different matters - Norfolk Island, disturbances in New Zealand, Executive and Legislative Council, Polynesian labour trade, and guano. (For further details see the item list). Copies of despatches to the Governors of other colonies will be found in this series again from September 1862. For those covering the period 1849-62 see NRS 4532. The volume covering the years 1896 to 1899 (8/2021A) includes letters on the appointment, resignation and leaves of absence of members of the House of Parliament and the Consulates; appointment and examination of naval cadets; and arrangements for holding London University matriculation and other examinations. There is an incomplete index in the front of the volume. 20 Mar 1823-16 Nov 1833, 25 Jan 1855-25 Mar 1890 (4/1639, 4/1655-70), 18 Dec 1896-24 Apr 1899 (8/2021A). 18 vols.Note:This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.