International records / UK National Archives

Sessional papers from the colonies

Division within CO | Sessional papers from the colonies. | Contains sessional papers from colonial governments relating to legislative and administrative business undertaken within colonies in question. Sessional papers produced by colonial governments tend to be of three types: records of the Legislative Council, the Executive Council and the administration reports of the local government departments. The records of the Legislative Council are bound volumes of agenda and minutes of meetings. They give dates of council meetings, the names of members present and statements of resolutions taken.…