NRS-390 | Instructions as to the public accounts

These volumes contain copies of various instructions sent from London, including: instructions to the Governor of New South Wales on the revenue and expenditure of the colony, and the mode of accounting for the same, dated 13 June 1826; instructions to the Auditor of Accounts in the Colony of New South Wales, dated 13 June 1826; instructions to the Treasurer of New South Wales for keeping the accounts of the colony, dated 13 June 1826; circulars, instructions and correspondence about new systems, eg. double-entry bookkeeping, 1838-50; queries to Imperial Government re accounting (with replies), 7 August 1855; printed proposed instructions regulating the mode of keeping and rendering the accounts of the colony, January 1856.(2/864-65). 2 vols. Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.