NRS-3709 | Miscellaneous letters received

Full description

Letters received by the Secretary of the Board from the Colonial Secretary, the Auditor General, heads of denominations and other clergy, schoolmasters, inspectors and private persons.

Letters received from heads of denominations, which constitute the largest proportion of inwards correspondence, include recommendations for appointments to teaching positions; notifications of teachers' dismissals, transfers, and resignations; estimates for improvements to schools; plans and recommendations for the distribution of funds for teachers' salaries; requests for the supply of school books; and notifications of appointments of Local School Boards. Letters received concerning proposed allocations by the different denominations of unexpended balances of Legislative Council votes (ie. for the purpose of effecting improvements to existing schools or erecting new schools) are included, together with correspondence relating to the allocation of the Parliamentary vote in proportion to denomination populations as shown by the last census.

Other inwards correspondence includes notifications of annual appropriations made to each denomination and requests for the supply of estimates of expenditure by the Board (from the Colonial Secretary); statements of expenditure (from the Auditor General); applications for salary increases and the supply of school books and other teaching materials (from teachers); requests for the dismissal of teachers for alleged misconduct; the appointment of full-time teachers and additional financial support for schools (from Local Boards and private persons); and applications for employment. Progress reports of the Commissioners to Enquire into the State of Education throughout the Colony (1855) are also included.

Letters received were registered by annual single number until May 1852, and arranged accordingly. Thereafter, a reference is made on each letter to the date of the Board meeting at which the letter was considered, and the letters arranged chronologically by date of meeting.

1848-49, 1851-66 (1/310-23). 14 vols.

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