VPRS 6248 Microfilm Copy of Letters Pertaining to Port Phillip District and Western Port Settlement Held by State Records, New South Wales

This series consists of a single reel of microfilm that contains three series all held by State Records New South Wales. It would appear that the copy was made by or for Public Record Office Victoria in 1984 as the records pertain to either the Port Phillip District or the Western Port Settlement.The series (in the order they appear on the film) are;(i) Letters received from the Sub-Collector of Customs, Port Phillip by thre Collector and Controller of Customs, NSW. (State Records NSW reference no. 4/7074) 1 volume. Date range: 23 October 1836 - 26 November 1840.(ii) Copies of letters to Port Phillip by the Colonial Secretary, NSW. (State Records NSW reference no. 4/3867) 1 volume. Date range: 2 August 1839 - 31 December 1840.This volume contains copies of letters to Charles LaTrobe, Superintendent of the Port Phillip whilst still in Sydney and then in Port Phillip. It also contains letters to other officials at Port [Phillip./ An index is located at the front of the volume.(iii) Copies of letters sent to and received from the Western Port Settlement. (State Records NSW reference no. 4/7032) 1 volume. Date range: 1826 - 1828.This volume contains correspondence sent to and received from the Commandant of the western Port Settlement, Captain Wright. It includes his instructions and continues until around the time the settlement was abandoned.This volume contains correspondence from the Colonial Secretary and Commissariat Department to the Commandant together with lists of convicts sent, manifests and way bills of stores and cargo shipped on various vessels for the settlement, memoranda of slop clothing for the convicts, invoices of medicines supplied, lists of livestock despatched and plants and seeds from the Botanic Gardens in Sydney.

本档案系列为单卷缩微胶片（microfilm），内含新南威尔士州档案馆（State Records New South Wales）馆藏的三个子系列档案。据推断，该缩微复制品于1984年由维多利亚州档案馆（Public Record Office Victoria）或为其制作，所涉档案均与菲利普港区（Port Phillip District）或西港定居点（Western Port Settlement）相关。按胶片上的排列顺序，该档案系列包含以下子系列：(i) 新南威尔士州海关总监兼管控官收自菲利普港区海关副专员的往来函件（新南威尔士州档案馆档号：4/7074），共1卷，时间跨度为1836年10月23日至1840年11月26日。(ii) 新南威尔士州殖民秘书致菲利普港区的函件副本（新南威尔士州档案馆档号：4/3867），共1卷，时间跨度为1839年8月2日至1840年12月31日。本卷内含致时任菲利普港区总监查尔斯·拉特罗布（Charles LaTrobe）的函件副本——其当时分别身处悉尼与菲利普港区，同时还收录了致菲利普港区其他官员的函件。本卷卷首附索引。(iii) 与西港定居点往来的函件副本（新南威尔士州档案馆档号：4/7032），共1卷，时间跨度为1826年至1828年。本卷收录了与西港定居点指挥官赖特上尉往来的通信内容，包括其收到的各项指令，档案记录持续至该定居点被废弃前后。本卷包含殖民秘书与军需署致该指挥官的函件，以及遣送罪犯清单、运往该定居点的各类船舶所载物资与货物的舱单及运单、服刑人员成衣备忘录、所供药品发票、运送牲畜清单，以及来自悉尼植物园的植物与种子相关记录。