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On 1 May, 1880 public instruction and related educational and cultural responsibilities were removed from the Department of Justice and Public Instruction establishing a separate Department of Justice. (1) These arrangements were confirmed by a notice published in the Government Gazette of 15 September 1880 which detailed the government offices over which the new Minister for Justice presided including:
a) the office of Chief Justice, the Puisne Judges;
b) the Supreme, Circuit and District Courts;
c) Sheriff's Department;
d) Petty Sessions;
e) Office of the Chairman of Quarter Sessions;
f) Insolvency Court;
g) Police Magistrates;
h) Coroners;
i) Gaols and Penal Establishments;
j) Patents;
k Copyright Registry;
l) Sydney and Suburban Cemeteries;
m) all matters relating to the commutation or remission of sentences other than capital, and reformatory institutions;
n) administration of Act relating to Newspapers. (2)
On 1 January 1882 the Minister of Justice was given oversight of the Licensing Act, 1881 (45 Vic Act No. 14). Administering this Act and its successors took up a great deal of departmental time in later years.
On 1 August 1901, the Department of Attorney General and the Department of Justice were amalgamated into the Department of Attorney General and of Justice. (3)
FOOTNOTES
(1) New South Wales Government Gazette, 1 May, 1880 p. 2129
(2) New South Wales Government Gazette, 15 September, 1880, p.4790.
(3) New South Wales Government Gazette, 1 August, 1901, p. 5931.
REFERENCES
(1) AA NSW, Concise Guide, "A - Cl". "Attorney-General and Justice" p.71.
(2) Blue Books (Public Service Lists) 1880 - 1901, Sydney, Government Printer, 1880- 1901.
(3) NSW Law Almanac, 1880 - 1901.
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