NRS-13786 | Reports on claims to land grants sent to the Colonial Secretary

Full description

These volumes contain copies of reports on claims to land grants based on orders for land issued by the Governor.

Volume 2/2229 contains: the progressive number of the Surveyor General's report; the date on which the letter sent for report was written; the name of the applicant for the land grant; the date on which the letter sent for report was written; the annual single number of the Colonial Secretary's "blank cover"; a column headed "Remarks" left unused in all but one case; a copy of the Surveyor General's report; and a column headed "Decision" containing summaries of Colonial Secretary's decisions on cases, and references to half-monthly returns of land granted and references to catalogue numbers of maps.

Volumes 4/5420-23 contain: the annual progressive number of the Surveyor General's report; the annual single number of the Colonial Secretary's "blank cover"; the date on which the letter was received by the Surveyor General; the name of the applicant for the grant or his agent; the name of the original promisee in whose favour the order was made or the name of the occupier of the land; number of acres of the land in question; place where the land was situated; a copy of the Surveyor General's report; the date when the land was advertised in favour of whose claims were accepted; and references to subsequent correspondence.

(2/2229, 4/5420-23). 5 vols.

Note:

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