Colonial Secretary Guide - Flipbook - Page 320
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There is no apparent logic or system in the choice of headings. Surveyor of Distilleries may appear in the
one index under the headings:
Surveyor of Distilleries
Distilleries, Surveyor
Bates, Sam (his name)
Sometimes the entry may even be altered to read, for example:
Superintendent of Emu Plains
but be found with the entries under "K" because when the index was first begun Kinghorne was
Superintendent.
These and other anomalies may make reference to the records difficult.
The indexes were usually prepared in a rough form and then copied into the front of the letter books.
Occasionally the rough copy has survived also. Sometimes it is the only index.
