NRS-829 | Audited accounts [Agent for Church and School Estates]

Full description

These are abstracts of monies collected by Henry Fisher and subsequent agents in winding up the affairs of the Corporation. They give the following particulars: rent of lands leased; period of account in which credited (generally entered quarterly); name; number of acres; balance; period; amount under each head; total.

In the front of the volume there is a letter from George Tomkins (Chief Clerk in the Audit Office) to William Macpherson (who became Agent when Fisher absconded in 1837 and acted in that capacity, until the appointment of Oswald Bloxsome in 1839). The letter is dated 22 January 1838, and states that abstracts of Fisher's accounts prepared by Tomkins himself are enclosed.

(9/2715). 1 vol.

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