Summary heading

 Series note

Function and purpose

This series consists of Thirty-Four registers (volumes) of letters received inwards. The volumes record all letters sent to the General Post Office in Adelaide during the period 1878 to 1914. Each volume has an alphabetical  (A to Z) index recording the Name (of person writing letter), Number of letter, Date of letter and Subject (of letter). There are also sections within the volumes relating to the Minister of Education, Appointments, Memorials, Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Wellington (New Zealand), Cape Town, Hong Kong, London, Berne, Various, Australasian colonies, Railways Commissioners, General Traffic Manager, Engineer in Chief and the Overland telegraph Line.

The letters are recorded under many headings including staffing matters such as: illness, medical certificates, employment, compensation allowance, application for leave, travelling expenses, vacancies and fortnightly reports. There are also those entries where the public or other organisations both local, interstate and overseas are involved such as: missing letters, inspections of Post Offices, wrong delivery of letters, telegram delays, refunds applied for, parcel inquires, ocean mail steamers hour of arrival and dutiable packets. 

Related legislation

Using the series

Language of material

Physical characteristics

 Thirty-Four leather bound volumes

System of arrangement and control

Items: by volume number. Entries: alphabetical 

Relationships with other records

Finding aids

Access conditions

Series history

Provenance

Immediate source of acquisition

Custodial history

Quantity in agency custody

Disposal history

Publication note

Additional information

End notes

Sources

 AP236 Series file, checklist and physical inspection of records.