NRS-4527 | Despatches and enclosures from the Lieutenant Governor of Victoria

These despatches are mainly concerned with administrative matters, eg. the establishment of steam mail boats between England and Australia, the system of keeping the public accounts, applications for employment, provision for the Colonial Secretary of Victoria to sit on the Executive Council, requests for more troops to deal with the confusion arising out of the gold rushes, troubles on goldfields over 30/- licence fee, and the censure of Latrobe. Also on file are the following printed papers: Report of the Select Committee of the Legislative Council on the Bill for the better Management of the two Gold Fields; Bill for the better Management of the Gold Fields in Victoria; Act to alter an Act entitled "An Act to restrain by summary proceedings unauthorized Mining on Waste Lands of the Crown"; and, Votes and proceedings of the Legislative Council 30 August-1 September 1853. (4/1625). 1 box. Note:This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.