Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 220
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
Registers of minute papers laid before the
Executive Council, 1846–1909
NRS 4235,
[4/1453–512]
Quantity: 60 volumes
Registers of minute papers received from
government departments and private persons
tabled before the Executive Council.
Appendices to minutes, 1825-48
Quantity: 15 volumes
NRS 4234,
[4/1438-52]
Copies of minute papers tabled before the
Executive Council for consideration and decision.
Copies of letters sent, 1829-59
NRS 4237
Quantity: 4 volumes
Copies of letters sent by successive Clerks of the
Executive Council. The majority of entries are
covering letters of a routine nature (the
accompanying enclosures not being transcribed).
Governor's records
Dates
Item
10 Apr 1829–30 Mar 1838
NSW Parliamentary Archives
19.LC/C
13 Nov 1840–29 Dec 1841
NSW Parliamentary Archives
19.LC/A
Jan 1842–Aug 1859
[4/1678-79]
Indexes and registers to despatches from
the Secretary of State, 13 Oct 1837–30 Mar
1899, 11 May 1914–29 Sep 1949
NRS 4511,
[4/1605-14,
7/4118-20]
Quantity: 11 volumes
Each register records: registered number or type
of despatch (circular, confidential etc.); date of
despatch and receipt; subject; whether an
answer is required; date and number of answer;
and remarks (action to be taken or information
to be acquired).
Despatches, circulars and cables from the
Secretary of State and the Under Secretary,
6 Apr 1787–27 Jun 1806, 13 May 1809–
1961, and copies of despatches to the
Secretary of State, c.1906–1969, 1971
Quantity: 4 volumes, 241 boxes (part), 1 map
The earliest volumes in this series are copies of
the correspondence, several of which were made
at a later date. The majority of the remaining
despatches are originals including most of the
enclosures. From 1833 to the first half of 1854
some missing original despatches have been
replaced by duplicates. This interfiling was
carried out while the despatches were still in
Government House.
NRS 4512,
[4/1615-18,
4/1281-403, Map
No.6233, 7/1524623, 12/1428.21438.1,
12/2063.2,
12/2064.1,
12/2070.22071.1]
The despatches deal with most matters of any
importance in the colony, such as convicts, land,
expenditure, military affairs, exploration and
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