VPRS 4 Inward Registered Correspondence

This series consists of correspondence received by the Chief Magistrate of Port Phillip District, Captain William Lonsdale. This correspondence was principally from the Colonial Secretary and other government officials both in Sydney and within the colony of Port Phillip dealing with matters relating to the administration of the colony. There were some letters from private persons making requests or representations or forwarding petitions.The series also includes a Minute Book maintained by Superintendent Charles Joseph La Trobe from 1 October to 20 November 1839. Superintendent La Trobe recorded notes on meetings with officials and deputations and on correspondence or memoranda written. (The 'diary' is not easy to read. The document is difficult to read on the microfilm; it is also difficult to read in the original. Some of Superintendent La Trobe's handwriting is barely legible; some words are abbreviated.)This Minute Book (as it was titled by La Trobe himself) is what is referred to in 'Historical Records of Victoria', vol. 7, p. 275, as La Trobe's diary.

本系列档案收录菲利普港区（Port Phillip District）首席治安官（Chief Magistrate）威廉·朗斯代尔船长（Captain William Lonsdale）所接收的往来信函。这些信函主要来自悉尼及菲利普港殖民地上的殖民秘书（Colonial Secretary）与其他政府官员，内容均围绕该殖民地的行政管理事务展开。另有部分私人信函，内容涵盖提出请求、表达诉求或转交请愿书。本系列还包含监理官（Superintendent）查尔斯·约瑟夫·拉筹伯（Charles Joseph La Trobe）于1839年10月1日至11月20日期间留存的会议记录簿（Minute Book）。拉筹伯监理官在此簿中记录了与官员及官方代表团的会谈内容，以及已撰写的信函或备忘录相关事宜。（此处所称"日记"可读性欠佳：缩微胶片载体的文档难以辨认，原件亦同理。拉筹伯的部分笔迹几乎难以辨认，部分词汇还存在缩写。）这本由拉筹伯亲自命名为会议记录簿的文献，在《维多利亚历史档案（Historical Records of Victoria）》第七卷第275页中被标注为"拉筹伯日记"。