NRS-1138 | Report of the Committee into State Properties transferred to the Commonwealth

The Committee was appointed by the Premier and Chief Secretary, Sir John See, on behalf of the Government of New South Wales, to inquire into and report upon the value of State properties, prior to transfer of same to the Commonwealth (under Section 85 of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, 63 and 64 Vic. c.12). The Committee began its investigation on 7 August 1901 and presented its report on 26 October 1903. This volume of the printed report has been signed by the Committee members. (The first Chairman Critchett Walker had died and been replaced by John Manifold Gibson.) The report details such property for transfer as: Post and Telegraph Offices; Custom Houses; Lighthouses and Quarantine; Military Lands, Buildings, Fortifications, etc.; Drill Halls in Country towns; and Military Stores. It gives details of values of buildings, including fittings, and of land as well as descriptions of sites. Page 21 contains a statement of estimated rentals of properties retained by the State (from 1 March 1901). The report also contains block plans of 330 sites. (6/5544). 1 vol. Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.