VPRS 6920 Inward Correspondence Register, Police Magistrate, Port Phillip District (Microfilm Copy of VPRS 3)

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This series consists of the register for the correspondence received by Captain W Lonsdale, the Police Magistrate of the Port Phillip District, mainly from the Colonial Secretary and other government officials in Sydney, but also from local private persons.

Details given are the progressive number given the piece of correspondence, the date, from whom the letter was received, a summary of the subject of the correspondence and whether it had been filed. Correspondence deals with, in 36/1, the instructions for the formation of the settlement and then with the administration of the new colony and the establishment of government services.

A separate register or listing in the volume is of "Papers without any date or year ..". These have been given a running number and are listed primarily by subject, although some of these papers were obviously from private persons with requests or representations. Matters dealt with include plans for public infrastructure, draft resolutions, minutes of meetings, reports and petitions.