NRS-4585 | Registers of the arrival and departure of vessels showing coastal, interstate and foreign tonnage [Sydney]

Full description

In general, the registers show for vessels arriving, time of arrival, where from and tonnage separately for coastal, interstate and foreign vessels; for vessels departing, time of departure, where to, and tonnage separately for coastal, interstate and foreign vessels. Daily totals of coastal, interstate and foreign tonnage arriving and departing are kept. For vessels passing, time and direction are noted, and there are some notes about weather.

The first two volumes (4/7687-88) do not record tonnage. From 29 November 1919 there are two sets of volumes, one showing all information except the tonnage of interstate and foreign vessels arriving and the other showing only interstate and foreign arrivals with tonnage and daily totals. From 15 May 1930 there are only volumes showing the interstate and foreign arrivals with tonnage and daily totals.

1 Feb 1915-14 Aug 1916 (4/7687-88), 28 Dec 1918-31 Dec 1932 (4/7689-7715). 29 vols.

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