NRS-1001 | Copies of letters to the Surveyor General, the Land Board, Assistant Surveyors and the Commissioners for apportioning the Colony

Full description

Principally copies of letters sent to the Surveyor General but there are also copies of those to the Land Board and to Commissioners for Apportioning the Colony up to 1830 and a few to Assistant Surveyors. From 1830 letters to the Land Board and Commissioners are in NRS 952.

The functions of the Surveyor General's Office were altered from time to time. He was principally concerned with the survey and description of Crown Lands. During 1830 and from March 1832 to the end of 1835 he had control over roads and bridges. From March 1832 also he took over from the Colonial Architect the duty of surveying and describing the allotments in the town of Sydney and of marking out the Crown lands for enclosure and laying down the alignment of the streets in the town of Sydney.

At the end of March 1833 control of the Colonial Architect's Department was transferred to the Surveyor General and from April 1833 to December 1834 letters concerning the functions of the Colonial Architect are in this series.

In January 1837 the construction and repair of streets in the established parts of Sydney was transferred to the Town Surveyor (see series NRS 1003).

(4/3903-33, 2/8111; microfilm copy SR Reels 3013-3024). 32 vols.

Note:
This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.