Item Division within DO - Acts, Sessional Papers, Government Gazettes, Confidential Print and Other Papers from the Dominions

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Acts, sessional papers, government gazettes, confidential print and other papers from the dominions relating to a range of legislative business carried out by the local governments in these countries. Sessional papers may include records of legislative assemblies, legislative councils and reports from departments or commissions. Records of legislative assemblies include transcriptions of proclamations, lists of committee members, and notes of papers and reports presented and on the passing of bills through the houses. Volumes usually contain contents lists and indexes to the proceedings. Records of legislative councils are bound volumes of agenda and minutes of procedure. They give dates of council meetings, a list of those present and statements of resolutions taken. Where the legislative council was an elected body, there are records of assembly and prorogation, reports on divisions, abstracts of petitions, transcriptions of proclamations, notices of papers presented and of questions, and notes of motions and orders of the day. Also included are registers of bills, lists of members, and statistics showing the attendance of members. Volumes usually contains a contents list and indexes to the minutes of proceedings. Reports and papers were presented to both houses by departments and commissions. They provide descriptions and statistics recording all aspects of government activity in such areas as: public revenue; the judiciary; communications; population; crime; public works; public health; police; agriculture, ecology, and meteorological observations. Many maps, plans, graphs and illustrations are included. Volumes usually contain a contents list and index. Government gazettes were the official newspapers produced by most colonies and dominions. They provide information on a variety of subjects including the economy, population, government, sanitation, communications, meteorology and crime. They include minutes and proclamations by the governor; notices of appointments; texts of ordinances and acts, and various notices, for example of sales of lands and development plans (with sketch maps). Private advertisements are included, which record grants of probate and insolvencies. The gazettes also include calls for tenders and tables of government accounts. Other statistical reports may be included which have information on births and deaths, incidence of disease, and weather observations. The gazettes may also include supplements, for example recording the appointment of local officials.may include supplements recording such matters as elections and the appointment of officials. Issues usually have their own contents list and most volumes are indexed by subject and name. Comprises records for the following countries: Africa, South, High Commission, DO 91 Africa, South, Union of, DO 11-DO 13, DO 77, DO 116 Africa, South West, DO 78, DO 110 Alberta, DO 14, DO 95 Australia, Commonwealth of, DO 15-DO 18, DO 79, DO 115 Australia, Northern, DO 108 Australia, South, DO 19-DO 21, DO 80 Australia, Western, DO 22-DO 24, DO 98 Basutoland, DO 25, DO 92, DO 145, DO 150 Bechuanaland Protectorate, DO 26, DO 102, DO 145, DO 150 British Indian Ocean Territory, DO 151 Canada, DO 27-DO 30 Cape of Good Hope, DO 31, DO 32 Ceylon, DO 104, DO 109, DO 111 Columbia, British, DO 33, DO 34 Dominions, DO 114 Federation of the West Indies, DO 136, DO 139 Ghana, DO 132, DO 138 India, DO 105, DO 112, DO 148 Irish Free State, DO 37, DO 99, DO 100 Manitoba, DO 38, DO 96 Natal, DO 39, DO 40 Nauru, DO 83 New Brunswick, DO 43, DO 137 Newfoundland, DO 41, DO 42, DO 84 New Guinea, DO 85 New South Wales, DO 44-DO 47 New Zealand, DO 48-DO 51 Norfolk Island, DO 135 Nova Scotia, DO 52, DO 124 Ontario, DO 53, DO 54 Orange Free State, DO 55, DO 56 Order of St. Michael and St. George, DO 89 Pakistan, DO 106, DO 149 Papua, DO 86, DO 97 Prince Edward Island, DO 58, DO 87 Quebec, DO 59, DO 94 Queensland, DO 60-DO 62, DO 103 Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Federation of, DO 123, DO 125, DO 129 Rhodesia, Southern, DO 7, DO 8, DO 63-DO 65, DO 88, DO 122 Samoa, Western, DO 107, DO 113 Saskatchewan, DO 66, DO 90 Swaziland, DO 67, DO 93, DO 145, DO 150 Tanzania, DO 146, DO 147 Tasmania, DO 68-DO 71 Transkeian Territories, DO 101 Transvaal, DO 72, DO 73 Victoria, DO 74-DO 76.

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