Guide 3 to NSW State Archives relating to Responsible Government - OCR - Flipbook - Page 87
A Guide to New South Wales State Archives relating to Responsible Government
Special bundles
CGS 906
NSW Civil Establishment. Returns of the Legislative Council,
1844-48, 1850, 1852-56
CGS 906,
[4/7333]
Item [4/7333] includes an 1856 return of the Legislative Council
This gives name of officer; date of appointment; by whom
appointed and under what instrument; period during which each
held the situation in the year aforementioned - from, to; salary;
whether office held in conjunction with any other; date of first
appointment under the Colonial Government; whether absent from
the Colony; and, amount of other pay or allowances.
In addition to the officers of the Council — the Clerk of the
Council, Assistant Clerk, Usher of the Black Rod, messengers, etc
— the return includes the Chairman of Committees, a member of
the Council who was elected by the Council to this position, but
not the President as he was not a paid officer.
NSW Civil Establishment. Returns of the Legislative
Assembly, 1856
CGS 906,
[4/7334]
Item [4/7334] is a return giving name of officer; date of
appointment; by whom appointed and under what instrument;
period during which each held the situation in the year
aforementioned - from, to; salary; whether office held in
conjunction with any other; date of first appointment under the
Colonial. Government; whether absent from the Colony; and,
amount of other pay or allowances.
In addition to the officers of the Legislative Assembly such as the
Clerk of the Assembly, Sergeant at Arms and temporary staff, the
return includes two members of Parliament, the Speaker Daniel
Cooper (appointed 22 May 1856) and the Chairman of Committees
Terence Aubrey Murray (appointed 28 May 1856).
Correspondence to Governor, including military matters,
Fiji, French Communist exiles from New Caledonia etc,
1874-90
CGS 906,
[4/895.1]
Includes, as Number 203, a Minute of Cabinet, with attachments,
of 8 August 1872, signed by Henry Parkes concerning the
views, which are entertained by the present Administration on
the state of the Legislative Council of this Colony, and the
serious grounds for apprehension that, as now constituted, that
body will fail to work in harmony with the elective branch of the
Legislature or in conformity to the constitutionally ascertained
wishes of the people.
A number of appendices are attached: extracts from the Sydney
Morning Herald of 8 February and 27 July 1872; Notice of Motion
of 30 July 1872; copy of telegram to Charles Cowper from John
Robertson, the Colonial Secretary and Premier, dated 29 June
1869, and reply of 30 June; and copies of the division lists on the
Border Duties Bill in the Assembly and Council. This appears to
have arisen from the rejection in the Legislative Council of the
Border Customs Convention Bill.
State Records Authority of New South Wales
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