NRS-13732 | Letters received from the Colonial Secretary

These are letters transmitting orders to survey grants of land for individuals and transmitting deeds for registration in the Survey Office. Other letters deal with such matters as objections to the selection of particular portions of land for grant, and directing the Surveyor General to furnish individuals with authority to select land. Other matters included in these records are the appointment, salaries, promotions etc. of surveyors, draftsmen and clerks in the Survey Department, the carrying out of the general survey of the colony and the laying out of towns and villages.(2/1432-508, 4/2215). 78 boxes. Note:This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

本批档案包含多封函件，用于传达为个人勘定土地批租的指令，以及向土地测量局（Survey Office）移交需办理登记的地契。另有函件涉及诸如对特定批租地块的甄选提出异议，以及指令总测量师（Surveyor General）向个人核发土地甄选授权文件等相关事宜。本档案所收录的其他事项还包括：土地测量署（Survey Department）内测量员、绘图员及文员的任免、薪酬、晋升等人事事务，殖民地全域测绘工作的推进，以及城镇与村落的规划布局。档号：2/1432-508、4/2215，共计78盒。备注：本档案说明节选自2000年第三版《新南威尔士州档案馆简明指南》（Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales）。