Introduction
Inward Despatch and Letter Books – A and F Series
From the 1840's until after World War II all outward despatches were copied into letter books.
The A series of volumes consist of two volumes and are transcriptions of early F volumes. They cover the period 22 July 1841 to 8 May 1849.
The F series of volumes consist of eighty-five volumes, commencing with Governor Moody, and cover the period 22 July 1841 to 31 December 1943. Volumes F31, F34, F36, F37, F39 and F43 contain circular despatches. Volumes F59 and F60 contain telegrams inwards and Outwards and are available as a separate page. Volume F5 is not held in the Archives and it is not known whether this is a numbering error or if the book was lost in fire.
It should be noted that these volumes are scanned in the order they have been written and are not necessarily in date order and a number of the books have numbering errors. To reduce handling and unnecessary stress on the volumes blank pages have not been scanned and not all pages are legible either due to fading or damage.
NB: Work on scanning these volumes is ongoing.
F4. Military Despatch Book - Governor Rennie - Part 1 - 31 January 1849 to 28 June 1850.pdf27.26 MB
F4. Military Despatch Book - Governor Rennie - Part 2 - 19 July 1850 to 28 July 1852.pdf33.2 MB
F8. Inward Confidential Despatch Book Volume I - Part 1 - 22 May 1854 to 22 December 1854.pdf25.42 MB
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