NRS-3662 | Copies of letters sent by the Landing-Waiter, Morpeth

These are mostly covering letters to the Sub-Collector at Newcastle transmitting cheques for collection of customs duties and pilotage and tonnage dues, despatch notes, import entries and returns of the number and tonnage of vessels in and out of the port of Morpeth as well as their port of destination and departure. There are also a few letters to the Sub-Collector at Sydney requesting advice concerning the charging of duty on casks which accidentally leaked, and the method of conveyance of bonded goods from Morpeth to West Maitland. (7/5842). 1 vol. Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.