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ix)
Register of orders and addresses from the Legislative Council and Assembly, 1853-57
(4/431)
1 vol
The Orders and Addresses are in the Main Series of letters received (Appendix F).
When a motion was put requesting material and/or information to be tabled, the
Colonial Secretary produced the documents which were returned to him. This register
refers to these. It shows registration number, date received, Council or Assembly
number, date motion was made, on whose motion, presented by, subject (copy of the
motion which was submitted), how disposed of, and remarks.
There is an alphabetical index in the front of the volume.
x)
Register of Customs Conventions and Postal Agreements, 1873 (4/7038)
1 vol
The Customs Conventions are listed in the list of Special Bundles
(Appendix G p. 258)
xi)
Register of Despatches sent to the Colonial Secretary for action by the Government (M/B
registrations), 1890-1912 (4/8263)
1 vol
This volume records despatches from the Secretary of State to the Governor which were
forwarded to the Colonial Secretary for his information or for subsequent action (eg.,
gazettal notification, transfer to the relevant Department, etc.). The register records:
number, date received, date of the despatch, subject and how disposed of. The
despatches themselves are located in the Main Series of letters received (Appendix F) in
separate bundles labelled "Despatches" and numbered M (running no.)/B.
There is also a "skeleton register" in the Archives Office, arranged by despatch number,
which will assist in finding individual despatches.
Skeleton Register
Because of the difficulty occasionally experienced in finding particular registered letters within
this system, particularly during the period 1833-49, the Archives Office has undertaken the
construction of a "skeleton register" i.e. annual volumes in registered number order against which
are noted the location of individual letters as they are found. It will be some years before this
work is completed - the main series up to the middle of 1844 has been done to date (July 1990),
together with a few special bundles, and papers located in the Dixson Library.