NRS-5234 | Letters received from the Colonial Secretary re migration to New South Wales

The volumes (4/4762-66) contain bound letters about the setting up of the assisted immigration scheme in all its aspects. These constitute all the letters transmitted from the Colonial Secretary to the Immigration Agent in the first seven years of the scheme's operations. Thus the policy letters are almost as numerous, if as brief, as the routine letters. 1838-44 ( 4/4762-66), 1845 (9/6160 part). 5 vols, 1 box (part). Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.