NRS-1236 | Register of notices of intention to grant land

Shows, under the date of notice, the following information: place, parish and area, and a note on the purpose or reason for granting the land, and the date the deed was executed and despatched. A number of the grants are to the Sydney or Melbourne Corporation and others seem to be for public or semi-public purposes (markets, wharfs, asylums etc.). The references are to Colonial Secretary Letters received. (2/2146). 1 vol. Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.