NRS-13536 | Letters received from the Colonial Secretary [Chief Clerk, Supreme Court]

The majority of letters received by successive chief clerks consist of covering letters transmitting colonial, conditional and absolute pardons, with the requirement that certified copies of these pardons be returned to the Colonial Secretary to be delivered to the parties concerned.These letters normally show: name of recipients of pardons, registration numbers and dates of pardons, ships on which recipients arrived in the colony. In some cases a copy or draft of the chief clerk's corresponding out-letter is also included.Miscellaneous letters received include: notices of commutation of death sentences (in which the disposition of the prisoner is noted), a letter from the Attorney General regarding conditions at and suggested improvements to Sydney Gaol in the proposed gaol at Maitland (1838), and correspondence relating to the complaint of John Dillon about alleged ill-treatment by the Police Magistrate, Port Macquarie.(5/4747). 1 box. Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

历任首席文书收到的大部分信件均为附带殖民时期、有条件及无条件赦免令的附函，且要求将上述赦免令的核证副本交还殖民大臣（Colonial Secretary），由其送达相关方。此类信件通常载明以下信息：赦免受助者姓名、赦免令登记编号与日期，以及受助者抵达该殖民地所乘坐的船只。部分信件还会附带首席文书对应外发信件的副本或草稿。
所收杂项信件包括：死刑减刑通知（其中注明了囚犯的处置情况）、总检察长（Attorney General）于1838年就悉尼监狱状况及对拟建梅特兰监狱提出改进建议的来信，以及涉及约翰·狄龙就麦夸里港警务治安法官（Police Magistrate）涉嫌虐待行为提出投诉的往来函件。（档案编号：5/4747），共计1盒。
备注：本描述节选自《新南威尔士州州立档案馆简明指南》2000年第三版。