Party: Agriculture and Stock Department
Summary
Sugar Industry. Reports, associated correspondence etc., relating to tests carried out at Goondi Mill (C.S.R.), and elsewhere, 1892-1897. AGS/1 OPEN A,B,C.
A history of sugar and sugar growing by A. Meston, ca.1895. AGS/2 OPEN A,B,C.
Stock Inspectors. Minute book of the Board of Examiners of applicants for positions as Inspectors of Stock, with associated papers, 29 July 1892-12 December 1913. AGS/4 OPEN A,B,C.
Sugar Cultivation Act. Register of certificates of exemption, granted to aliens under the Sugar Cultivation Act of 1913, 1922-1923. AGS/5 OPEN A,B,C.
Register recording number of certificates of exemption, and number of other certificates 1913; register indicating whether certificates were issued or refused - arranged alphabetically according to district, 1913-1914. AGS/6-7 OPEN A,B,C.
Agriculture and Stock Department. In-letters 1868-1938, registers and indexes available. Letterbooks, January 1870-December 1870, (pertaining to stock). AGS/G1(A) OPEN A,B,C.
Executive minutes, referred for attention to the Minister for Agriculture and Stock, 1897-1950. AGS/E1-84. 30 A,B,C.
Executive minutes referred to the Secretary for Agriculture, 1893-1903. AGS/N1-2. OPEN A,B,C.
Out-letters, February 1871-July 1876. Part of AGS/G1(A), AGS/G1(B), AGS/N6-17. OPEN A,B,C.
General correspondence, 1896-1898, 1904-1944. AGS/N3-5, AGS/J1-1935. OPEN A,B,C.
Administration of Departments. Correspondence, papers, inspectorial reports etc., (includes Townsville office records), 1921-1926. AGS/N18. OPEN A,B,C.
Shearers and Sugar Workers' Accommodation Act, 1905.Holdings include:
Register of sheep stations and inspectors; legal opinion on various cases 1906-1910; reports of inspectors on accommodation offered; general correspondence relating to the Act; memos and reports; correspondence and papers regarding the Amendment Act of 1910. Shearers and Sugar Workers Accommodation Act 1905, associated court papers, general correspondence: inspectors reports regarding indentured labour; circulars to inspectors correspondence and reports to inspectors regarding typhoid fever in Kynuna area. AGS/N32-N37. OPEN A,B,C.
Livestock and Meat Export Act, 1895. General correspondence regarding necessary registration regulations for meatworks under 1895 Act, 1897-1912. AGS/N55-N56. OPEN A,B,C.
Kamerunga State Nursery. Correspondence and reports from Nursery overseer, Cairns, 1889-1896. AGS/N69-N71. OPEN A,B,C.
Mackay State Nursery. Correspondence and reports, 1888-1893. AGS/N72. OPEN A,B,C.
Diseases in Plants. Correspondence and reports on operation of Diseases In Plants Act of 1886, Innisfail, 1901-1905, and general records relating to diseases in plants in Queensland 1893-1917. Includes Acts, regulations, circulars, memos and general correspondence of the Fruit Inspector, Cooktown, 1914-1917. AGS/N74-N79. OPEN A,B,C.
Sugar Experiment Stations. General correspondence, papers and Bill, regarding establishment and operation of stations, 1899-1903, 1910-1938. AGS/N92-N93. OPEN A,B,C.
Sugar Cane. Papers, reports and correspondence, relates to Sugar Experiment Stations 1895-1898, eradication of cane grubs 1895-1898, bounties on sugar 1899-1903. AGS/N94-N95. OPEN A,B,C.
Records relating to the Sugar Cultivation Act, 1913, including correspondence, applications and certificates regarding authority to cultivate and harvest, also certificates of exemption. AGS/N96-N108. OPEN A,B,C.
Correspondence regarding local Sugar Cane Prices Boards, various reports from sugar mill cane testers, 1943. AGS/N109. OPEN A,B,C.
Tobacco. Correspondence regarding introduction and propagation of tobacco, 1894-1898, general correspondence regarding Queensland cultivation and sales, 1908-1912.
Letterbook of Government Tobacco Expert, 1899-1908. AGS/N110-N112. OPEN A,B,C.
Cotton. General correspondence regarding cultivation, ginning and possible commercial outlets; papers regarding diseases in cotton and quarantine regulations printed reports, 1903-1907.
Correspondence and applications for seed cotton imported from U.S.A., 1904, 1915-1916.
General correspondence regarding cotton growing and marketing with growers and prospective growers. AGS/N118-N129. OPEN A,B,C.
State Farms. Correspondence and reports regarding the establishment and operation of State Farms, including Northern Division, 1897-1911. AGS/N209, N210, N222, N225. OPEN A,B,C.
General correspondence regarding Kairi State Farm, 1911-1913. AGS/N215. OPEN A,B,C.
Stock Border Crossing. Returns of stock crossing the New South Wales - Queensland border 1901. AGS/N235. OPEN A,B,C.
Stock Dipping. Records relating to stock dipping regulations 1899-1918, includes correspondence regarding Hughenden Dip Reserve, 1901-1906. AGS/N237-N247. OPEN A,B,C.
Animal Health. General correspondence regarding staffing at Stock Experimental Station, Townsville 1921-1930, and Oonoonba 1939.
Minutes of meetings, reports of Animal Health Board 1932-1934.
Stock Inspectors' reports and correspondence regarding diseases in stock 1895-1897. AGS/N248-N256. OPEN A,B,C.
Miscellaneous material relating to tick infestation and possible eradication, 1896-1918. AGS/N257-N261. OPEN A,B,C.
Dairy Produce Legislation and Dairy Produce Act 1904. Correspondence, Acts, Bills, reports, applications for positions as inspectors etc. AGS/N 268-N272. OPEN A,B,C.
Dairy Produce, Milk and Cream Testing and Dairy Registration, Meat and Dairy Produce Encouragement Board. Extensive holding, includes correspondence, miscellaneous papers, reports, completed questionnaires, minutes of meetings, auditors reports. Entries of particular note include the following:
General correspondence regarding advances made to Bowen Meatworks by the Meat and Dairy Produce Encouragement Board, 1893-1910. AGS/N296.
General correspondence regarding Ayr Co-op Dairy Co. Ltd., 1903-1911; Cairns-Atherton Dairy and Ice Co. Ltd., 1906-1910. AGS/N297.
General correspondence with Queensland Meat and Agency Co. Ltd., regarding their Burketown meatworks 1898-1904, Ross River meatworks 1893-1910. AGS/N299-N301.
Correspondence regarding Victoria Meatworks, Eton, Mackay 1893-1919. AGS/N302-N304.
General correspondence regarding advances made to Selma Meat Extract Co., Emerald, by the Meat and Dairy Produce Encouragement Board 1894-1910. AGS/N307.
General correspondence regarding advances made to J.H. Geddes, Birt & Co. (later Birt & Co.) 1895-1908. AGS/N309.
General correspondence regarding advances made to Mackay Meat & Dairy Co. Ltd., 1896-1911. AGS/N311-N312.
General correspondence regarding advances made to Archer Bros. Rockhampton 1904.
General correspondence regarding advances made to Rockhampton District Co-op Dairy 1903-1904.
General correspondence regarding advances made to Cairns Butter Factory Co. 1904-1905.
General correspondence regarding advances made to Mackay Co-op. Butter Factory Ltd., 1899-1914. AGS/N317-N321.
General correspondence regarding applications not proceeded with for advances from the Meat and Dairy Produce Encouragement Board:
Central Queensland Meat Export Co. Ltd., 1894-1896.
Mareeba Meat Preserving Co. 1895-1896.
Cardwell Meat Preserving Co. Ltd., Townsville 1895-1900.
Dalgonally Meatworks, Normanton 1896-1900. AGS/N324-N327
Total Listing Above, AGS/N283-N327. OPEN A,B,C.
Butter Exportation. Miscellaneous records relating to sales and exports of Queensland butter, also registration of brand names 1896-1908. AGS/N330-N331. OPEN A,B,C.
Prickly Pear Infestation. Correspondence regarding prickly pear destruction 1901-1909. AGS/N339-N340. OPEN A,B,C.
Sugar Cultivation Act, 1913. General correspondence, certificates of exemption under the 1913 Act, 1913-1927. AGS/N354-N361. OPEN A,B,C.
Correspondence General. General correspondence of the Stock Department 1898-1903, 1898-1903, and of the Agriculture Department 1899-1903. AGS/01-13, AGS/P1-11. OPEN A,B,C.