Cover image for Letterbooks of Correspondence addressed to the Commandant, Launceston.
Series:
Letterbooks of Correspondence addressed to the Commandant, Launceston.
Series Number:
Access:
Open
Start Date:
04 May 1826
End Date:
25 Jan 1841
Creating Agency:
01 Jan 182531 Dec 1856
Related Series:
CSO1 General Correspondence.01 Jan 182431 Dec 1836

GO52 Letterbooks of General Outward Correspondence.21 Nov 182024 Feb 1912
Previous Series:
CSO35 General Letterbooks.17 May 182416 Jun 1826
How to Use:
Both volumes have been paginated according to their index. However, pagination errors in CSO36/1/1 has lead to some numbering inconsistencies. The index in the front of the first volume is for pages 1 to 380. The index in the back of the volume is for pages 1 to 12 which are bound upside down in the back. File references are provided from January 1827 onwards.
Series notes:
The function of the Launceston Commandant was a general oversight of all official matters at the northern port. He had to make regular visits of inspection to the prison, the houses of correction, road parties within fifteen miles, the hospital and the Government school; he prepared and issued clearances for Government and colonial vessels; stores were issued under his authority, and he called for the tenders for those supplied locally. He was a magistrate, and dispensed summary justice to convicts, and had special authority over those employed in the public service.

The first of these volumes is badly water damaged.

These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives
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