The letters in this small series are from the Commandant in Hobart and the Commanding Officer for the Australian Colonies in Melbourne; in either case they are addressed to the Governor as "Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief", in which capacity he had the direction of Imperial forces in the Colony, except in time of war. The matters dealt with include the movement of troops, the disposition of sentries, the use of troops on ceremonial occasions, the handing over of Imperial property occupied by the troops to the Colony. Imperial forces were withdrawn from the Australian Colonies in 1870.

These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives