This series consists of three brown visidex folders with pale blue spine labels bearing the title: "Second Holt Ministry. Cabinet decisions" and the volume number and range of contents.
Within, decisions are arranged in a single number sequence, one page per decision (or more if necessary). A suffix is added to the decision number to distinguish between the three categories of decision making operative at that time:
- The First category was The Ministry which was the broadest
category, comprising all ministers, and its decisions bear an
"M" suffix.
- The second category was an inner Cabinet of senior
Ministers, with occasional co-options. There was no letter
suffix added to its decisions numbers.
- The third category was the Committees of the Cabinet - groups
of Ministers who dealt with matters affecting their
portfolios.
The letter symbol for the Committee is added to the Decision
Number to identify its decisions eg. (LEG) for Legislation
Committee.
Cabinet Committee abbreviations:
AD HOC Ad Hoc Committee
EC Economic Committee
EX Ex Servicemen's Committee
FAD Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee
GA General Administrative Committee
HOC Ad Hoc Committee
LEG Legislation Committee
M Ministry
PA Privileges and Amenities Committee
PP Government Purchasing Policy Committee
TAX Taxation Committee
W Works Committee
Each decision bears the number, title, submission number where applicable and text of the Decision. It is stamped as a
certified true copy with signature stamp of the Secretary to Cabinet.
Decision numbers 735 and 736 (both without memorandum), attributed to the Cabinet meeting of 7 Dec 1967, were not used, but the actual decisions were renumbered as decisions 751 and 750 respectively with the same date of meeting.
No separate series of records was maintained for the McEwen Ministry. This series contains the following decisions recorded by this short-lived Ministry, 19 Dec 1967 to 10 Jan 1968, which took office after the disappearance of Mr. Holt.
Decision No. 761 (AD HOC) of 21 Dec 1967
Decision No. 769 (EC) of 4 Jan 1968
Decision No. 770 (EC) of 4 Jan 1968
Decision No. 774 (EC) of 4 Jan 1968
Decision No. 772 (AD HOC) of 8 Jan 1968
No parallel series of submissions was maintained contemporaneously.
Submissions were placed on files in CRS A4940, Cabinet files, "C" single number series, 1958-1967. Copies from these files have been assembled by the Cabinet Office into two artificial sets registered as CRS A5842.Quantity in agency custody
0.24m (3vols) held by CA 1472, Cabinet Office