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55.
Copies of letters to officials and individuals re land in New Zealand, 15 June 1840 - 28 October
1841 1 vol
Copies of letters dealing with New Zealand land matters to persons other than the
Commissioners of Claims.
The volume ends in October 1841 with the establishment of a separate government in New
Zealand. The Colonial Secretary sent all outstanding claims to the Colonial Secretary there.
56.
Indexes:
In front of volume
Location:
4/3820; microfilm copy AO Reel 2878
Copies of letters to Norfolk Island, May 1825 - 12 June 1851
4 vols
*CSP (1825)
Copies of letters to the Commandant and later the Superintendent of Norfolk Island and other
officers. In front of the 1825-31 volume is an index to a list of convicts which was once in the back
of the book. Only one page of this list remains.
The series begins at the second stage of the Island's occupation. Bathurst had written to Brisbane
in July 1824 desiring him to reoccupy Norfolk Island, "upon the principal of a great Hulk or
Penitentiary", as a place to receive the worst convicts. The object was to relieve the main colony
of many of the inconveniences resulting from their presence in New South Wales as well as to
establish a place of secondary punishment. There was some delay from lack of shipping but the
reoccupation was finally made on 6 June 1825 under Captain Turton of the 40th Regiment as
military commandant.
57.
Indexes:
In front of volumes
Index to the Papers of the New South Wales Colonial Secretary, 1788-1825
Location:
4/3821-24; microfilm copy 1825 AO Reel 6019, 1825-51 AO Reels 764-766
Shelf List:
See Appendix p. 357
Copies of letters to Magistrates, Police, etc., 6 October 1826 - 24 June 1856 35 vols (part)
Copies of letters addressed to Benches of Magistrates, Police Magistrates, Justices of the Peace
and Superintendents of Police. From 1827 to 1846 the Commandants of the Mounted Police are
addressed, after which these letters are in a separate series (59). From 1845 letters to the
Commissioner of Police are included. The letters to magistrates beyond the settled districts for
the years 1847-55 are in a separate series (58).
The letters besides being concerned with the police function of apprehending criminals, including
bushrangers, contain instructions to magistrates for carrying out the general administrative
business of Government.
Indexes:
In front of volumes
Location:
4/3825-59; microfilm copy AO Reels 2807-2818
Shelf List:
See Appendix pp. 357-58
