NRS-633 | Press copies of letters sent by the Secretary of the Board

These volumes include copies of letters sent to: Local Patrons (concerning the provision of teachers, the building and repair of school premises, irregularities at schools); the Solicitor to the Board (requesting reports on the legality of deeds of conveyance, and enquiring into the possibility of acquiring property for the establishment of National Schools from private persons); teachers (notifying appointments and transfers, conveying acceptances of resignations tendered, and concerning allegations of misconduct and the supply of school books and teaching apparatus); Inspectors (requesting reports on specific matters - eg. "the morals and habits of teachers", applications for the establishment of National Schools or the closure of established schools); the Architect to the Board (requesting that plans and specifications for National Schools be drawn up); the Auditor General (furnishing accounts of moneys disbursed); the Denominational Board (concerning the supply of teaching material); the Colonial Secretary (requesting the appropriation of Crown land for National School sites, supplying National School returns for inclusion in the "Blue Books", transmitting estimates of expenditure and annual reports); the Lieutenant Governor, Victoria (enclosing drafts, made out in favour of Local Patrons, for the payment of contractors); and the Headmaster, Fort Street (concerning qualifications of candidates for teaching positions). (1/336-44). 9 vols. Note:This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.