NRS-21744 | Kerribree Creek Bore cash book

Kerribree Creek bore in the Albert District, Western Division, was the first Artesian bore sunk in New South Wales in 1888. (1) It was sunk by Mr William Walter Davis, of Kerribree Station, who became a member of the NSW Legislative Assembly in 1889. (2)This volume is a cash book for Kerribree Creek Artesian Bore kept by its caretaker, R.P. Younger. The volume was retained until 1970 by the Department of Public Works District Office in Bourke. It is divided into Cash: date; no. of receipt butt; particulars of receipt (from whom received; for what received); amount; and total; and Contra: date; particulars of disbursements; Treasury voucher number; amount, and total. Only the first six folios have been used.Also either loose or pasted into the volume are six receipts from Treasury for monies received from Kerribree Creek Artesian Bore.Endnotes1. Western Herald (Bourke), 25 July 1888, p.4; 'Boring for Water in the West', Evening News (Sydney), 30 July 1888, p.3.2. Parliament of New South Wales, Former Members, Mr William Walter Davis (1840-1923), https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/Pages/member-details.aspx?pk=768 (accessed 3 December 2018).

西分区阿尔伯特区的凯里布里溪自流井（Artesian Bore）是1888年新南威尔士州开凿的第一口自流井。(1) 该井由凯里布里牧场的威廉·沃尔特·戴维斯先生主持开凿，他于1889年当选新南威尔士州立法议会议员。(2) 本卷为凯里布里溪自流井的现金账簿，由其管理员R.P.杨格（R.P. Younger）负责登记留存。该账簿由布尔克公共工程地区办事处留存至1970年。账簿分为两大板块：现金收支栏与对冲账目栏。其中现金收支栏包含日期、收据存根编号、收款详情（收款对象、收款用途）、金额及合计；对冲账目栏包含日期、支出详情、国库凭证编号、金额及合计。目前仅使用了前六张对开页。此外，账簿中还夹有或粘贴有6张国库出具的收款收据，款项均为凯里布里溪自流井的营收。

尾注
1. 《西部先驱报》（布尔克），1888年7月25日，第4版；《西部凿水工程》，《悉尼晚报》，1888年7月30日，第3版。
2. 新南威尔士州议会，前议员：威廉·沃尔特·戴维斯先生（1840-1923），https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/Pages/member-details.aspx?pk=768（2018年12月3日访问）。