Party: Australian Archives BP343
Summary
Department of Trade and Customs. Branch: Townsville, Series: Thumbnail Impressions from Certificates Exempting from Dictation Tests.
Series 14. Thumbprint impressions of the right and left hand of aliens leaving the Commonwealth via the Port of Townsville for a temporary period, and who have been granted a Certificate Exemption from a Dictation test. Details include: name, address, book and certificate number, date of issue, nationality, description, date and place where fees paid, departure date, ship etc. Affixed to each page are 2 photographs of the alien person, full face and profile, 1915-1917. (1 vol.).
Series 15. as above 1917-1939. (19 vols.).
Series 16. Index to Books of Thumbprints taken from CEDT's, 1917-1939. (1 vol.).
Series 33. Security to the Customs. Material relative to securities given for using stills, opium etc. for medical purposes, and licensed warehouses. Shows amount of security given, the purpose of use, names, signatures, witnesses etc., 1907-1928.
Series 34. Confidential Memoranda. Confidential material received by the Sub-collector of Customs Townsville, relating to the activities of Aliens in north Queensland especially Chinese; includes smuggling of jewellery, opium and morphine, suspected illegal immigration, communist delegation to Russia, revolutionary propaganda, etc., 1898-1927. (1 folder).
Series 36. Miscellaneous correspondence. In and out letters, referring to alleged opium smuggling, deaths of seamen, import and export returns, quarantine matters, passenger lists etc., 1894-1952. (1 folder).
Series 37. Bank guarantee, Cheque Forms E1, 1914-1927. (1 folder).
Series 38. Correspondence register, 1910-1966.13 vols.
Series 40. Correspondence files, annual single number series, 1911-1965. (102 feet).