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NTRS 4775 Correspondence relating to mining concerns

Recording Agency:
Date Range:	1935 - 1943
Access:	Agreement Pending
Location:	Alice Springs
Legacy Series Id:	F187

Function / Content

This series consists of folders of correspondence regarding mining matters in the Tennant Creek region. The files include correspondence relating to gold mine applications and fees, water supply, requests for administrative forms and copies of remittances and invoices. Some files have been bound. Included within the series is a file [staff, 1939-1941] regarding staffing at the Mines Branch Tennant Creek which includes information regarding salary, freight allowances, appointments to positions (including temporary appointments), commencement of duties and 'relinquishment of appointments' (resignations), rental of furniture, recreation leave and other matters relating to employment. Another file of interest [taxation] relates to taxes deducted from wages from Tennant Creek employees, group certificates and lists of deductions from battery employees which provides their names, which battery they worked for, the amounts deducted and the amount paid. The majority of this correspondence is addressed from the Deputy Commissioner of Taxation to A Kelley the Mining Registrar. Included on file is a Treasury circular (number 1940/33, file 2340/40/5108), dated 10/12/1940, regarding the collection of Commonwealth income tax by Commonwealth Officers and Employees and public service pensioners.

Recordkeeping System

Chronological

Agency Responsible

Period	Title	Agency Id
1978 - 2001	Department of Mines and Energy	586
2016 - 2020	Department of Primary Industry and Resources	1290

Consignments

Consignment Id	Number of Units	Contents Date Range	Public Access	Description
P0001	2	1935 - 1943	Agreement Pending