Official Correspondence, 1875-1893

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Series 1

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Letters mainly relating to Jervois' activities as Governor of the Straits Settlements, South Australia and New Zealand and to his surveys of Australian and New Zealand defences. The subjects discussed include political affairs in the Straits Settlements, disturbances at Perak, relations between the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly in Victoria, the reports on Australian defences, South Australian politics, Jervois' transfer to New Zealand, honours, the supply of armaments to the colonies, appointments of governors, the annexation of New Guinea, Imperial Federation, Australian contributions to naval defence, S. Baker and affairs in Tonga, Jervois' properties in South Australia, his return to England in 1889, Lord Kintore and South Australian affairs, the development of northern Australia, and the secret transfer of two Fenian informers to New Zealand in 1883.

The correspondents include Sir William Jervois, Sir Charles Brooke, Lord Northbrook, Lord Normanby (Wellington, Melbourne), Sir George Bowen (Melbourne), Sir Hercules Robinson (Sydney), H.E. McCallum (Singapore), the Maharajah of Johore, Sir Henry Parkes (Sydney), R.M. Laffan, G. Brodrick, C. Todd (Adelaide), Sir William Morgan (Adelaide), Lord Carnarvon, Lord Augustus Loftus (Sydney), Sir Peter Scratchley, Sir Arthur Gordon (Wellington), Sir Henry Loch (Melbourne), Sir Samuel Way (Adelaide), E.H. Steward, Sir Julius Vogel (Wellington), G.S. Whitmore (Gisborne), J.W. Fortescue (Wellington), Sir George Tyron, Sir Anthony Musgrave (Brisbane), Lord Carrington (Sydney), Sir Frederick Broome (Perth), W. Barclay (Wellington), F.W. Pennefather (Adelaide), Lord Spencer.

128 letters.

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