NRS-5247 | Copies of letters sent to miscellaneous persons re migration to New South Wales

These are mainly manuscript copies, dealing with complaints, transport arrangements, advertisements, and financial arrangements. They are mostly addressed to persons in New South Wales. The replies to complaints reveal aspects of the immigration scheme that are of some interest, eg. that an ascertainable proportion of immigrants did not abide by the agreement they signed before embarking. No significant changes occur in either the contents or the treatment of the letter copies throughout the period covered by this series. (4/4634-35, 4/4637-39, 4/4641-43, 4/4646-50, microfilm copy SR Reels 3114-3118; 4/4644), 1857-64 ( 4/4652, 4/4636, 4/4640, 4/4645 part, 4/4651). 19 vols (part). Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.