This is a fragment of several pages which have been badly water-damaged. H.W. Wigmore was Superintendent at this time, and his letters concern the arrival of prisoners, their completion of sentences, stores, buildings, offences, agricultural produce and live stock.

Maria Island was first used as a penal settlement from 1825 until 1832, when Port Arthur took over from it; this fragment belongs to its second period (1842-1852) in this capacity, when there were two Probation Stations on the island; one at the old settlement of Darlington, the other at Long Point. The latter was closed down in 1852.

These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives