Though the subjects dealt with in these communications are as a rule of less moment than those that were made the subject of despatches to the Secretary of State, they are by no means all trivial or entirely formal. The despatches that were copied into these volumes were all addressed to the Under-Secretary in an official capacity, while many of those that are bound in GO33 are semi-personal; they do not include many that are marked "Private" and which are printed in Historical Records of Australia (see Appendix E). From 1825 the despatches are entered in registers contained in the volumes, giving date, addressee (i.e., the Under Secretary), summary of contents and page number. In the first three volumes (to 1832) the despatches to the Under-Secretary are interspersed with communications addressed to the Secretaty of State and other British officials (see GO25 and 31). For copies of other letters to the Under- Secretary, see GO52/3.

These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives