Cover image for Registers of Despatches received from the Secretary of State.
Series:
Registers of Despatches received from the Secretary of State.
Series Number:
Access:
Open
Start Date:
02 Aug 1826
End Date:
16 Dec 1963
Excludes Dates:
15 Aug 1828 - 23 Oct 1846
Creating Agency:
01 Jan 1825
Controlled Series:
GO1 Despatches received from the Secretary of State.29 Aug 182328 Dec 1932
Series notes:
These registers vary greatly in their form and in the extent of the information presented, according to the habits of the Private Secretary who kept them. However, particulars common to all of them are: despatch number, date and summary of contents; the date of receipt also usually appears. The first register, which combines particulars of inward and outward despatches (see GO37/1) also notices communications received from the Under-Secretary. From October, 1846 details appear as to the action taken on the despatch: to whom and when referred, date returned and details of the Governor's reply. All categories of despatches are usually entered, including "secret" and "confidential" (except for the period during which a separate register was kept for them; see GO22), but there is usually no indication of the nature of the contents of these. The gap from 1828 to 1846 may be supplied by the precis books (AE713) which have been compiled by a former archivist for the despatches, 1825-55. Combined with the schedules of GO14, these registers provide an invaluable chronological finding aid for the series of inward despatches.

These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives
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